A hedonic price index for airline travel

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 438-465

  Good, David H ^b   Sickles, Robin C ^a   Weiher, Jesse C ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight   (United States)

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EID: 49149099727     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2008.00282.x     Document Type: Review

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