Price wars and price collusion in China's airline markets

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-372

  Zhang, Yahua ^a   Round, David K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airline market; China; Collusion; Price wars

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE MARKET; ANTI-TRUST LAWS; CHINA; COLLUSION; PRICE WAR; SALES MANAGER;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COMMERCE; COMPETITION;

COSTS;

EID: 79958164327     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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