Tobin’s q and Airline Performances

Public Works Management & Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-65

  li, Michael Z F ^a   Oum, Tae H ^b   Zhang, Yimin ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

airline performances; performance measures; performance studies; Tobin s q

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248063548     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: 15527549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X04265137     Document Type: Article

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