Competition on the basis of safety?

Advances in Airline Economics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 297-323

  Savage, Ian ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84951966887     PISSN: 22121609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S2212-1609(2011)0000003015     Document Type: Chapter

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