Airport capacity and congestion when carriers have market power

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-247

  Zhang, Anming ^a   Zhang, Yimin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Airports; Capacity investment and financing; Congestion toll; Market power

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745953927     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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