Discounts and Public Service Obligations in the Airline Market: Lessons from Spain

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 291-312

  Calzada, Joan ^a,b   Fageda, Xavier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IREA GiM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air transportation; Frequency floors; Price caps; Residents discounts

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; DEMAND ELASTICITY; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DYNAMICS; PUBLIC SERVICE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

SPAIN;

EID: 84860915072     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: 15737160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-011-9331-7     Document Type: Article

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