U.S. domestic airline alliances: Does the national welfare impact turn on strategic international gains?

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 304-314

  Clougherty, Joseph A ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 23044524152     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2000.tb00027.x     Document Type: Article

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