A leading indicator approach to predicting short-term shifts in demand for business travel by air to and from the UK

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 421-432

  Njegovan, Nenad ^a,b  

^a Civil Aviation Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b UK Civil Aviation Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business travel by air; Leading indicators; Probit; Short term forecasting

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BUSINESS TRAVEL; CORPORATE TRAVEL; LEADING INDICATOR APPROACH; PROBIT MODEL;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 25444481542     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/for.961     Document Type: Article

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