New evidences on airline efficiency and yields: A comparative analysis of major North American air carriers and its implications

Transport Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-164

  Oum, Tae Hoon ^a   Fu, Xiaowen ^a   Yu, Chunyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airlines; Cost competitiveness; Productive efficiency; TFP; Yields

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16844376839     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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