A panel data analysis of code-sharing, antitrust immunity, and open skies treaties in international aviation markets

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-61

  Whalen, W Tom ^a  

^a US Department of Justice   (United States)

Author keywords

Airline Alliances; Antitrust Immunity; Code Sharing; Open Skies Treaties

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; PANEL DATA; SERVICE SECTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947239641     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: 15737160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-007-9125-0     Document Type: Article

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