Localized competitive advantage and price reactions to entry: Full-service vs. low-cost airlines in recently liberalized emerging markets

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-320

  Oliveira, Alessandro V M ^a   Huse, Cristian ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Entry; Industrial organization; Low cost carrier; Price reactions

Indexed keywords

CIVIL AVIATION; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COSTS; DEREGULATION;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVE PRICES; EMERGING MARKETS; ENTRY; FULL SERVICE; INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION; LOCALISED; LOW-COST AIRLINES; LOW-COST CARRIERS; PRICE REACTION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; AIRPORT; DEREGULATION; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA; PRICE DYNAMICS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 60749088556     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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