Time Series Analysis of Strategic Pricing Behavior in the US Airline Industry

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-62

  Semenick Alam, Ila M ^a   Ross, Leola B ^b   Sickles, Robin C ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Frank Russell Company   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Oligopolistic Productivity; Stationarity; Strategic Pricing; Time Series; US Airline Industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042785759     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011199102707     Document Type: Article

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