Distinguishing multiproduct economies of scale from economies of density on a fixed-size transport network

Networks and Spatial Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-162

  Basso, Leonardo J ^a,b   Jara Díaz, Sergio R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Air transport networks; Returns to density; Scale economies

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORT NETWORKS; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; ECONOMIES OF DENSITIES; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; ROUTE STRUCTURES; SCALE ECONOMIES; TRANSPORT INDUSTRY; TRANSPORT NETWORKS;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 33646743539     PISSN: 1566113X     EISSN: 15729427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11067-006-7698-z     Document Type: Article

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