Are consumers strategic? Structural estimation from the air-travel industry

Management Science

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2114-2137

  Li, Jun ^a   Granados, Nelson ^b   Netessine, Serguei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Air travel; Econometrics; Strategic customer behavior; Structural estimation

Indexed keywords

CIVIL AVIATION; COMMERCE; COSTS; LEISURE; POPULATION STATISTICS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

AIR TRAVELS; ECONOMETRICS; NONPARAMETRIC APPROACHES; PERFECT FORESIGHTS; RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS; STRATEGIC CUSTOMER BEHAVIORS; STRUCTURAL ESTIMATION; STRUCTURAL MODELING;

TOURISM INDUSTRY;

EID: 84900465682     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1860     Document Type: Article

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