How do incumbents respond to the threat of entry? Evidence from the major airlines

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1611-1633

  Goolsbee, Austan ^a   Syverson, Chad ^a  

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EID: 55649123755     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.4.1611     Document Type: Article

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