European airline mergers, alliance consolidation, and consumer welfare

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 27-41

  Brueckner, Jan K ^a   Pels, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alliance; Competition; Merger

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); MERGER; PROFITABILITY;

EID: 12944271827     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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