Determinants of Airport Hubbing in the United States: An Empirical Framework

Public Works Management & Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-50

  Bhadra, Dipasis ^a   Hechtman, David ^a  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

airport and regional development; airport hubbing; logit modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644450585     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: 15527549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X04265082     Document Type: Article

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