Low-Cost carriers, economies of flows and regional externalities

Regional Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 677-691

  Williams, Allan M ^a   Baláž, Vladimir ^a,b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Forecasting   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Air travel; Externalities; Knowledge; Migration; Regulation; Tourism

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; COMPETITIVENESS; KNOWLEDGE; LABOR MIGRATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TRANSACTION COST; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67649518289     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400701875161     Document Type: Article

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