Market power and its determinants in the Chinese airline industry

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-13

  Zhang, Qiong ^a,b   Yang, Hangjun ^b   Wang, Qiang ^b   Zhang, Anming ^c  

^a ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese airline industry; Lerner index; Market power; Market power determinants

Indexed keywords

CIVIL AVIATION; COMMERCE; POPULATION STATISTICS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; HIGH SPEED RAIL; LERNER INDEX; LOW-COST CARRIERS; MARKET POWER; NORTHEAST REGIONS; POPULATION SIZES; REGIONAL MARKETS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); MARKET CONDITIONS; REGIONAL PATTERN;

CHINA;

EID: 84898609062     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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