Excess capacity: A permanent characteristic of us airlines?

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 645-657

  Baltagi, Badi H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 22444452264     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1255(199811/12)13:6<645::AID-JAE485>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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