Cyclical dynamics of airline industry earnings

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 129-156

  Pierson, Kawika ^a   Sterman, John D ^b  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 84888398141     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.1501     Document Type: Article

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