Modeling the effects of wage premiums on airline competition under asymmetric economies of density: A case study from Brazil

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-68

  Melo Filho, Cícero R ^a   Salgado, Lucia Helena ^c   Sato, Renato ^b   Oliveira, Alessandro V M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

^b Institute for Applied Economic Research   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Airlines; Cost price pass through; Economies of density; J3; L13; L93; Markups

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DEMAND ELASTICITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LABOR MARKET; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLIGOPOLY; PRICE DYNAMICS; WAGE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84892429570     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

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