The impact of income on airfare pricing

Transportmetrica A: Transport Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-27

  Jou, Rong Chang ^a   Lin, Chi Chih ^b   Wu, Kun Feng ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FO GUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

income inequality; Pareto distribution; vertical differentiation model

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE TICKETS; CONSUMER SURPLUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INCOME INEQUALITY; LOW-COST CARRIERS; PARETO DISTRIBUTIONS; PRICE DIFFERENCE; VERTICAL DIFFERENTIATION;

AIRCRAFT; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COSTS; PROFITABILITY;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84876045813     PISSN: 23249935     EISSN: 23249943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18128602.2010.517574     Document Type: Article

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