Prices, prices and prices: A study in the airline sector

Tourism Management

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-42

  Narangajavana, Yeamduan ^a   Garrigos Simon, Fernando J ^b   García, Javier Sanchez ^c   Forgas Coll, Santiago ^d  

^a WALAILAK UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Price policies; Quality; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; COMPETITIVENESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY APPROACH; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY;

EID: 84884307863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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