Network effects, congestion externalities, and air traffic delays: Or why not all delays are evil

American Economic Review

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1194-1215

  Mayer, Christopher ^a   Sinai, Todd ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 3042664516     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282803769206269     Document Type: Article

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