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Network effects, congestion externalities, and air traffic delays: or why not all delays are evil

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An analysis of air traffic congestion at hub airports is presented. The network benefits due to hubbing and consequent additional travel time is compared with that of non-hub flights that operate with minimal additional travel time.

Author: Mayer, Christopher, Sinai, Todd
Publisher: American Economic Association
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2003
Air Transportation, Scheduled, And Air Courier Services, Airports, flying fields, & services, Airports, Airport Operations, Pennsylvania, Airlines, Time management, Traffic congestion

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Make versus buy in trucking: asset ownership, job design, and information

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A model of asset ownership in trucking to examine the impact of usage of on-board computers between 1987 and 1997 on shippers who use their own trucks or contracted with private carriers is presented.

Author: Baker, George P., Hubbard, Thomas N.
Publisher: American Economic Association
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2003
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, Search and navigation equipment, Ground Navigation Equipment, Usage, Technology application, Truck drivers, Cargo handling, Navigation computer (Aeronautical instrument)

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Valuing biodiversity from an economic perspective: A unified economic, ecological, and genetic approach

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The advantages of biodiversity management policies for under ecological and genetic constraints and the economic aspects of biodiversity value are analyzed.

Author: Brock, William A., Xepapadeas, Anastasios
Publisher: American Economic Association
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2003
Economic aspects, Biological diversity, Biodiversity, Ecology, Ecological genetics

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Subjects list: Analysis, Management, Company business management, United States
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