TI 2005-011/3
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper
The Home Carrier Advantage in Civil
Aviation
Mark Lijesen1
Peter Nijkamp2,3
Eric Pels2
Piet Rietveld2,3
1 Netherlands
Bureau for Economic Policy (CPB),
2 Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,
3 Tinbergen Institute.
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