Capturing the impact of fuel price on jet aircraft operating costs with Leontief technology and econometric models

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 282-296

  Ryerson, Megan Smirti ^a   Hansen, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel price; Jet aircraft; Leontief technology; Operating cost; Translog

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FUELS; JET AIRCRAFT; OPERATING COSTS;

ECONOMETRIC MODEL; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; FUEL PRICES; INPUT SUBSTITUTION; LEONTIEF; OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES; TRANSLOG; VARIABLE INTERACTION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; FUEL; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 84879504634     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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