Multimarket contact and intensity of competition: Evidence from an airline merger

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-115

  Bilotkach, Volodymyr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airline industry; Mergers; Multimarket contact; Product quality

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; MERGER; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951722456     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: 15737160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-010-9274-4     Document Type: Article

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