Adaptation and vertical integration in the airline industry

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1831-1849

  Forbes, Silke Januszewski ^a   Lederman, Mara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 74949134875     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.5.1831     Document Type: Article

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