Why do all the flights leave at 8 am?: Competition and departure-time differentiation in airline markets

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 611-640

  Borenstein, Severin ^a   Netz, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airlines; D43; L13; L93; Product differentiation; Spatial competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033456807     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7187(97)00058-1     Document Type: Article

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