Airline market power and intertemporal price dispersion

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 552-577

  Gaggero, Alberto A ^a   Piga, Claudio A ^b  

^a HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80054708389     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6451.2011.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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