European vs. U.S. airlines: Performance comparison in a dynamic market

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 317-326

  Assaf, A George ^a   Josiassen, Alexander ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Airlines; Bayesian distance function; Efficiency; Productivity decomposition; Regularity constraints

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRODUCTIVITY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TOURISM MARKET;

EID: 82955227495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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