The effect of service quality and price on international airline competition

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 580-592

  Jou, Rong Chang ^a   Lam, Soi Hoi ^b   Hensher, David A ^c   Chen, Chih Cheng ^d   Kuo, Chung Wei ^e  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric response model; Cournot model; Game theory; Linear structural relations model; Reference point; Service quality; Stakelberg model

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COMPETITION; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

ASYMMETRIC RESPONSE; ASYMMETRIC RESPONSE MODEL; COURNOT MODEL; LINEAR STRUCTURAL RELATION MODEL; REFERENCE POINTS; RELATION MODELS; RESPONSE MODEL; SAFETY QUALITIES; SERVICE QUALITY; STAKELBERG MODEL;

GAME THEORY;

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMPETITIVENESS; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; GAME THEORY; MODELING; SERVICE SECTOR;

EID: 41249099626     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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