Price Fairness of Airline Ancillary Fees: An Attributional Approach

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-181

  Chung, Jin Young ^a   Petrick, James F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ancillary fees; attribution theory; emotional response; online survey; price fairness

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; COGNITION; PRICE DETERMINATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873965641     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287512457261     Document Type: Article

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