Modeling the repatronage behavior of business airline travelers

Journal of Service Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-311

  Harris, Jennifer ^a   Uncles, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airline repatronage; Consumer panel data; Frequent fliers; Heterogeneity; Probit modeling; State dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247274146     PISSN: 10946705     EISSN: 15527379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094670507299379     Document Type: Article

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