Price-cap regulation of congested airports

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-312

  Yang, Hangjun ^a   Zhang, Anming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airport; Congestion; Dual till; Price cap regulation; Single till

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955059526     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-010-9142-z     Document Type: Article

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