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Rico Merkert

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Working papers

  1. Rico Merkert, 2005. "Die Reorganisation und Zukunft des Eisenbahnwesens in Großbritanien," Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge 78, Universität Potsdam, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät.

    Cited by:

    1. Klaus Schöler, 2007. "Gibt es eine optimale Stadtgröße?," Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge 89, Universität Potsdam, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
    2. Albrecht Kauffmann, 2007. "Transport Costs and the Size of Cities : the Case of Russia," Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge 93, Universität Potsdam, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät.

  2. Rico Merkert, 2003. "Die Liberalisierung des schwedischen Eisenbahnwesens - Ein Beispiel vertikaler Trennung von Netz und Transportbetrieb -," Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge 62, Universität Potsdam, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät.

    Cited by:

    1. Do Truong Giang, 2004. "Tariffs and export subsidies in a spatial economic model," Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge 65, Universität Potsdam, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
    2. Matthias Aistleitner & Christian Grimm & Jakob Kapeller, 2018. "Auftragsvergabe, Leistungsqualitaet und Kostenintensitaet im Schienenpersonenverkehr. Eine internationale Perspektive," ICAE Working Papers 86, Johannes Kepler University, Institute for Comprehensive Analysis of the Economy.
    3. Norbert Eickhof & Kathrin Isele, 2005. "Do Economists Matter? Eine politökonomische Analyse des Einflusses wettbewerbspolitischer Leitbilder auf die europäische Fusionskontrolle," Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge 74, Universität Potsdam, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
    4. Verena L. Holzer, 2004. "Does the German Renewable Energies Act fulfil Sustainable Development Objectives?," Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge 73, Universität Potsdam, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
    5. Klaus Schöler, 2007. "Gibt es eine optimale Stadtgröße?," Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge 89, Universität Potsdam, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
    6. Albrecht Kauffmann, 2007. "Transport Costs and the Size of Cities : the Case of Russia," Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge 93, Universität Potsdam, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät.

Articles

  1. Ming-Chih Tsai & Rico Merkert & Jiana-Fu Wang, 2021. "What drives freight transportation customer loyalty? Diverging marketing approaches for the air freight express industry," Transportation, Springer, vol. 48(3), pages 1503-1521, June.

    Cited by:

    1. Lázaro Florido-Benítez, 2023. "The Role of the Top 50 US Cargo Airports and 25 Air Cargo Airlines in the Logistics of E-Commerce Companies," Logistics, MDPI, vol. 7(1), pages 1-27, February.
    2. Yalcin Kavus, Bahar & Gulum Tas, Pelin & Ayyildiz, Ertugrul & Taskin, Alev, 2022. "A three-level framework to evaluate airline service quality based on interval valued neutrosophic AHP considering the new dimensions," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    3. Yaghoub Abdi & Xiaoni Li & Xavier Càmara-Turull, 2023. "Firm value in the airline industry: perspectives on the impact of sustainability and Covid-19," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-24, December.
    4. Lee, Won Seok & Tang, Ruohan & Moon, Joonho & Song, Myungkeun, 2022. "The structural relationship between a low-cost carrier’s service experience, corporate social responsibility, brand love, and reuse intention: The case of Southwest Airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    5. Wang, Ruihan & Shang, Tianyu & Yang, Dong & Yan, Ran, 2025. "Empowering econometric methods with machine learning for policy making: A comparative study in maritime transportation," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 200(C).

  2. Alexander, D.W. & Merkert, R., 2021. "Applications of gravity models to evaluate and forecast US international air freight markets post-GFC," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 52-62.

    Cited by:

    1. Cheng-Hong Yang & Jen-Chung Shao & Yen-Hsien Liu & Pey-Huah Jou & Yu-Da Lin, 2022. "Application of Fuzzy-Based Support Vector Regression to Forecast of International Airport Freight Volumes," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 10(14), pages 1-18, July.
    2. Lázaro Florido-Benítez, 2022. "The Safety-Hygiene Air Corridor between UK and Spain Will Coexist with COVID-19," Logistics, MDPI, vol. 6(3), pages 1-22, July.
    3. Gizem Kaya & Umut Aydın & Burç Ülengin, 2023. "A Comparison of Forecasting Performance of PPML and OLS estimators: The Gravity Model in the Air Cargo Market," EKOIST Journal of Econometrics and Statistics, Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 0(39), pages 112-128, December.
    4. Fageda, Xavier & Gonzalez-Aregall, Marta, 2025. "Determinants of air cargo traffic in Europe: Intercontinental flights, competition and airlines’ business model," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 173(C).
    5. Fageda, Xavier & Fioravanti, Reinaldo & Ricover, Andy & Café, Eduardo & Ansaldo, Mariano, 2023. "Econometric analysis of the determinants of air cargo services supply in Latin America and the Caribbean," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 33-44.
    6. Nguyen, Quang Hai, 2024. "Modeling the volatility of international air freight: A case study of Singapore using the SARIMAX-EGARCH model," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
    7. Li, Hongchang & Li, Junru & Zhao, Xiaojun & Kuang, Xujuan, 2022. "The morphological structure and influence factors analysis of China's domestic civil aviation freight transport network," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 207-217.
    8. Ashraf Mishrif & Alessandro Antimiani & Asharul Khan, 2024. "Examining the Contribution of Logistics and Supply Chain in Boosting Oman’s Trade Network," Economies, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-26, March.
    9. He, Hang & Wu, Hanjun & Tsui, Kan Wai Hong & Wang, Biao & Fu, Xiaowen, 2024. "Spatiotemporal evolution of air cargo networks and its impact on economic development - An analysis of China's domestic market before and during the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
    10. Zou, Li & Dresner, Martin E. & Yu, Chunyan, 2025. "The impact of the U.S.-China trade war on air and ocean shipments," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 89-106.
    11. Nir Kaplan & Itzhak Omer, 2022. "Multiscale Accessibility—A New Perspective of Space Structuration," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-19, April.
    12. Nolan, James & Laulederkind, Zoe, "undated". "Plane to see? Empirical Analysis of the 1999-2006 Air Cargo Cartel," Miscellaneous Publications 329694, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Bioresource Policy Business and Economics.
    13. Cheng-Hong Yang & Borcy Lee & Pey-Huah Jou & Yu-Fang Chung & Yu-Da Lin, 2023. "Analysis and Forecasting of International Airport Traffic Volume," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-19, March.
    14. Dray, Lynnette & Kuleszo, Joanna & Teoh, Roger & Stettler, Marc & Stewart, James & Schäfer, Andreas, 2024. "Global air freight flow data for aviation policy modelling," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).
    15. Wandelt, Sebastian & Signori, Andrea & Chang, Shuming & Wang, Shuang & Du, Zhuoming & Sun, Xiaoqian, 2025. "Unleashing the potential of operations research in air transport: A review of applications, methods, and challenges," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 124(C).
    16. Di Zhang & Xinyuan Li & Chengpeng Wan & Jie Man, 2024. "A novel hybrid deep-learning framework for medium-term container throughput forecasting: an application to China’s Guangzhou, Qingdao and Shanghai hub ports," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 26(1), pages 44-73, March.

  3. Merkert, Rico & Beck, Matthew J. & Bushell, James, 2021. "Will It Fly? Adoption of the road pricing framework to manage drone use of airspace," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 150(C), pages 156-170.

    Cited by:

    1. Hildemann, Moritz & Verstegen, Judith A., 2023. "3D-flight route optimization for air-taxis in urban areas with Evolutionary Algorithms and GIS," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    2. Yavas, Volkan & Yavaş Tez, Özge, 2023. "Consumer intention over upcoming utopia: Urban air mobility," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    3. Zhao, Bozhi & Suo, Yining & Tang, Li & Li, Chenglong & Fu, Mengying & Huang, Longyang, 2024. "Urban air mobility for time-sensitive goods with explicit customer preferences: A case study on Chengdu," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).
    4. Decker, Christopher & Chiambaretto, Paul, 2022. "Economic policy choices and trade-offs for Unmanned aircraft systems Traffic Management (UTM): Insights from Europe and the United States," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 157(C), pages 40-58.
    5. Henderson, Isaac Levi, 2022. "Aviation safety regulations for unmanned aircraft operations: Perspectives from users," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 192-206.
    6. Husemann, Michael & Lahrs, Lennart & Stumpf, Eike, 2023. "The impact of dispatching logic on the efficiency of Urban Air Mobility operations," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    7. Yang, Hui-Hua & Chang, Yu-Hern & Lin, Chien-Hung, 2022. "A combined approach for selecting drone management strategies based on the ICAO Safety Management System (SMS) components," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    8. Niu, Baozhuang & Zhang, Jianhua & Xie, Fengfeng, 2024. "Drone logistics’ resilient development: impacts of consumer choice, competition, and regulation," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 185(C).
    9. Grote, Matt & Pilko, Aliaksei & Scanlan, James & Cherrett, Tom & Dickinson, Janet & Smith, Angela & Oakey, Andrew & Marsden, Greg, 2022. "Sharing airspace with Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): Views of the General Aviation (GA) community," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    10. ElSayed, Mo & Foda, Ahmed & Mohamed, Moataz, 2024. "The impact of civil airspace policies on the viability of adopting autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles in last-mile applications," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 145(C), pages 37-54.

  4. Klophaus, Richard & Merkert, Rico & Lordan, Oriol, 2021. "Mesh network as a competitive advantage for European LCCs: An alternative topology to hub-and-spoke for selling online connections," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 196-204.

    Cited by:

    1. Birolini, Sebastian & Besana, Emanuele & Cattaneo, Mattia & Redondi, Renato & Sallan, Jose Maria, 2022. "An integrated connection planning and passenger allocation model for low-cost carriers," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    2. Klophaus, Richard & Viehmann, Matthias, 2025. "Survival analysis of new intra-European scheduled air services," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 123(C).
    3. de Oliveira, Renan Peres & Lohmann, Gui & Oliveira, Alessandro V.M., 2022. "A systematic review of the literature on air transport networks (1973-2021)," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    4. Chiambaretto, Paul & Combe, Emmanuel, 2023. "Business model hybridization but heterogeneous economic performance: Insights from low-cost and legacy carriers in Europe," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 136(C), pages 83-97.
    5. Lu, Jin-Long & Yang, Chih-Wen, 2022. "Good or bad? Passenger feelings regarding code-share alliances among airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    6. Klophaus, Richard & Yu, Chunyan, 2023. "Short-haul airline services in Europe and North America - A cross-business model and cross-continental analysis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    7. Wu, Chuntao & He, Xiaohe & Xue, Wenjing, 2025. "Route expansion trends, performances and driving factors of Chinese low-cost carriers," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).

  5. Merkert, Rico & Bushell, James & Beck, Matthew J., 2020. "Collaboration as a service (CaaS) to fully integrate public transportation – Lessons from long distance travel to reimagine mobility as a service," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 131(C), pages 267-282.

    Cited by:

    1. Zipeng Zhang & Ning Zhang, 2021. "A Novel Development Scheme of Mobility as a Service: Can It Provide a Sustainable Environment for China?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-19, April.
    2. Merkert, Rico & Wong, Yale Z., 2020. "Emerging business models and implications for the transport ecosystem," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    3. Zhang, Yufeng & Khani, Alireza, 2021. "Integrating transit systems with ride-sourcing services: A study on the system users’ stochastic equilibrium problem," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 150(C), pages 95-123.
    4. Bushell, James & Merkert, Rico & Beck, Matthew J., 2022. "Consumer preferences for operator collaboration in intra- and intercity transport ecosystems: Institutionalising platforms to facilitate MaaS 2.0," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 160-178.
    5. Bruzzone, Francesco & Cavallaro, Federico & Nocera, Silvio, 2025. "Accessibility potential of long-distance Mobility-as-a-Service," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 195(C).
    6. Kandanaarachchi, Thiranjaya B. & Nelson, John D. & Ho, Chinh Q., 2024. "Conceptualising trust and collaboration among stakeholders in MaaS ecosystems," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 157(C), pages 98-110.
    7. Amparo Moyano & Carlos Tejero-Beteta & Santos Sánchez-Cambronero, 2023. "Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) and High-Speed Rail Operators: Do Not Let the Train Pass!," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-19, May.
    8. Takebayashi, Mikio & Yamaguchi, Hiromichi, 2022. "Managing a multiple-gateway airport system with super high-speed rail," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    9. Smith, Göran & Sørensen, Claus Hedegaard, 2023. "Public-private MaaS: Unchallenged assumptions and issues of conflict in Sweden," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    10. Marc Schabka & Aurelia Kammerhofer & Valerie Batiajew & Maria Juschten, 2022. "Driving Forces and Barriers for the Implementation of Mobility Services in Austria—A Practitioner Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-26, September.
    11. Tiziana Campisi & Socrates Basbas & Anastasios Skoufas & Nurten Akgün & Dario Ticali & Giovanni Tesoriere, 2020. "The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Resilience of Sustainable Mobility in Sicily," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(21), pages 1-24, October.
    12. Schmalz, Ulrike & Ringbeck, Jürgen & Spinler, Stefan, 2021. "Door-to-door air travel: Exploring trends in corporate reports using text classification models," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    13. Merkert, Rico & Beck, Matthew J., 2020. "Can a strategy of integrated air-bus services create a value proposition for regional aviation management?," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 527-539.
    14. Kayikci, Yasanur & Kabadurmus, Ozgur, 2022. "Barriers to the adoption of the mobility-as-a-service concept: The case of Istanbul, a large emerging metropolis," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 219-236.
    15. Doll, Claus & Krauss, Konstantin, 2022. "Nachhaltige Mobilität und innovative Geschäftsmodelle," Studien zum deutschen Innovationssystem 10-2022, Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation (EFI) - Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation, Berlin.
    16. Haarstad, Håvard & Sareen, Siddharth & Kandt, Jens & Coenen, Lars & Cook, Matthew, 2022. "Beyond automobility? Lock-in of past failures in low-carbon urban mobility innovations," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).
    17. Wilson, Anna & Mason, Ben, 2020. "The coming disruption – The rise of mobility as a service and the implications for government," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    18. Kuo, Yong-Hong & Leung, Janny M.Y. & Yan, Yimo, 2023. "Public transport for smart cities: Recent innovations and future challenges," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 306(3), pages 1001-1026.
    19. Xi, Haoning & Liu, Wei & Waller, S. Travis & Hensher, David A. & Kilby, Philip & Rey, David, 2023. "Incentive-compatible mechanisms for online resource allocation in Mobility-as-a-Service systems," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 170(C), pages 119-147.

  6. Merkert, Rico & Wong, Yale Z., 2020. "Emerging business models and implications for the transport ecosystem," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Javier Turienzo & Pablo Cabanelas & Jesús F. Lampón, 2022. "The Mobility Industry Trends Through the Lens of the Social Analysis: A Multi-Level Perspective Approach," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(1), pages 21582440211, January.
    2. Schmidt, Sebastian & Saraceni, Adriana, 2024. "Consumer acceptance of drone-based technology for last mile delivery," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).

  7. Merkert, Rico & Beck, Matthew J., 2020. "Can a strategy of integrated air-bus services create a value proposition for regional aviation management?," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 527-539.

    Cited by:

    1. Bushell, James & Merkert, Rico & Beck, Matthew J., 2022. "Consumer preferences for operator collaboration in intra- and intercity transport ecosystems: Institutionalising platforms to facilitate MaaS 2.0," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 160-178.
    2. Bruzzone, Francesco & Cavallaro, Federico & Nocera, Silvio, 2025. "Accessibility potential of long-distance Mobility-as-a-Service," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 195(C).
    3. Merkert, Rico & Bushell, James & Beck, Matthew J., 2020. "Collaboration as a service (CaaS) to fully integrate public transportation – Lessons from long distance travel to reimagine mobility as a service," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 131(C), pages 267-282.
    4. Merkert, Rico & Beck, Matthew J. & Bushell, James, 2021. "Will It Fly? Adoption of the road pricing framework to manage drone use of airspace," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 150(C), pages 156-170.
    5. Takebayashi, Mikio & Yamaguchi, Hiromichi, 2022. "Managing a multiple-gateway airport system with super high-speed rail," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    6. Thomas, Nivea & Jha, Kumar Neeraj, 2022. "Structural efficiency assessment of regional airports: Lessons from India," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).

  8. Gudmundsson, Sveinn Vidar & Merkert, Rico & Redondi, Renato, 2020. "Cost structure effects of horizontal airline mergers and acquisitions," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 136-144.

    Cited by:

    1. Khezrimotlagh, Dariush & Kaffash, Sepideh & Zhu, Joe, 2022. "U.S. airline mergers’ performance and productivity change," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    2. Sun, Yi & Xu, Shuaiqi & Wang, Yin, 2023. "Managerial decision, anchoring effects and acquisition premiums," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 58(PC).
    3. Sun, Xiaoqian & Zheng, Changhong & Wang, Kun & Wandelt, Sebastian, 2025. "The art of airline cessation: A comprehensive analysis based on airline ceases reported between the years 2010 and 2023," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 124(C).
    4. Ko, Young Kwan & Park, Ju Hyeong & Ko, Young Dae, 2026. "At the crossroads of competition, cooperation, and integration: The airline M&A," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
    5. de Oliveira, Renan P. & Oliveira, Alessandro V.M., 2021. "Financial distress, survival network design strategies, and airline pricing: An event study of a merger between a bankrupt FSC and an LCC in Brazil," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
    6. Karanki, Fecri & Schaufele, Roger, 2025. "Profit Efficiency: Insight into airline business models and strategic choices," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).
    7. Pérez-Campuzano, Darío & Rubio Andrada, Luis & Morcillo Ortega, Patricio & López-Lázaro, Antonio, 2022. "Visualizing the historical COVID-19 shock in the US airline industry: A Data Mining approach for dynamic market surveillance," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).

  9. Merkert, Rico & Bushell, James, 2020. "Managing the drone revolution: A systematic literature review into the current use of airborne drones and future strategic directions for their effective control," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Morandi, Nicola & Leus, Roel & Matuschke, Jannik & Yaman, Hande, 2023. "The traveling salesman problem with drones: The benefits of retraversing the arcs," Other publications TiSEM 09f54df0-875e-40af-a43d-5, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    2. Rajendran, Suchithra & Srinivas, Sharan & Grimshaw, Trenton, 2021. "Predicting demand for air taxi urban aviation services using machine learning algorithms," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
    3. Hildemann, Moritz & Verstegen, Judith A., 2023. "3D-flight route optimization for air-taxis in urban areas with Evolutionary Algorithms and GIS," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    4. Garg, Vipul & Niranjan, Suman & Rana, Rishabh & Prybutok, Victor & Pohlen, Terrance, 2025. "Gender perspectives on drone technology adoption in healthcare logistics," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 219(C).
    5. Aliloo, Jamileh & Abbasi, Enayat & Karamidehkordi, Esmail & Ghanbari Parmehr, Ebadat & Canavari, Maurizio, 2024. "Dos and Don'ts of using drone technology in the crop fields," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
    6. Purtell, Clinton & Hong, Seock-Jin & Hiatt, Brian, 2024. "Bibliometric analysis on advanced air mobility and drones," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 116(C).
    7. Merkert, Rico & Beck, Matthew J. & Bushell, James, 2021. "Will It Fly? Adoption of the road pricing framework to manage drone use of airspace," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 150(C), pages 156-170.
    8. Rath, Srushti & Chow, Joseph Y.J., 2022. "Air taxi skyport location problem with single-allocation choice-constrained elastic demand for airport access," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    9. Diane E. Bailey, 2022. "Emerging Technologies at Work: Policy Ideas to Address Negative Consequences for Work, Workers, and Society," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 75(3), pages 527-551, May.
    10. Sushma, M.B. & Mashhoodi, Bardia & Tan, Wendy & Liujiang, Kang & Xu, Qianwen, 2025. "Spatial drone path planning: A systematic review of parameters and algorithms," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
    11. Husemann, Michael & Lahrs, Lennart & Stumpf, Eike, 2023. "The impact of dispatching logic on the efficiency of Urban Air Mobility operations," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    12. Yang, Hui-Hua & Chang, Yu-Hern & Lin, Chien-Hung, 2022. "A combined approach for selecting drone management strategies based on the ICAO Safety Management System (SMS) components," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    13. Frederiksen, Marianne Harbo & Wolf, Patricia & Klotz, Ute, 2024. "Citizen visions of drone uses and impacts in 2057: Far-future insights for policy decision-makers," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 204(C).
    14. Mulumba, Timothy & Diabat, Ali, 2024. "Optimization of the drone-assisted pickup and delivery problem," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 181(C).
    15. Gheorghe-Gavrilă Hognogi & Ana-Maria Pop & Alexandra-Camelia Marian-Potra & Tania Someșfălean, 2021. "The Role of UAS–GIS in Digital Era Governance. A Systematic Literature Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(19), pages 1-31, October.
    16. Nicholson, Jeremy & Gzara, Fatma & Alnaggar, Aliaa, 2025. "Unmanned aerial vehicle traffic network design with risk mitigation," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 204(C).
    17. Sergio Bemposta Rosende & Sergio Ghisler & Javier Fernández-Andrés & Javier Sánchez-Soriano, 2022. "Dataset: Traffic Images Captured from UAVs for Use in Training Machine Vision Algorithms for Traffic Management," Data, MDPI, vol. 7(5), pages 1-10, April.
    18. Grote, Matt & Pilko, Aliaksei & Scanlan, James & Cherrett, Tom & Dickinson, Janet & Smith, Angela & Oakey, Andrew & Marsden, Greg, 2022. "Sharing airspace with Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): Views of the General Aviation (GA) community," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    19. Nicola Morandi & Roel Leus & Jannik Matuschke & Hande Yaman, 2023. "The Traveling Salesman Problem with Drones: The Benefits of Retraversing the Arcs," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 57(5), pages 1340-1358, September.
    20. Rodrigues Dias, Veruska Mazza & Jugend, Daniel & de Camargo Fiorini, Paula & Razzino, Carlos do Amaral & Paula Pinheiro, Marco Antonio, 2022. "Possibilities for applying the circular economy in the aerospace industry: Practices, opportunities and challenges," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    21. Vichitkunakorn, Panupong & Emde, Simon & Masae, Makusee & Glock, Christoph H. & Grosse, Eric H., 2024. "Locating charging stations and routing drones for efficient automated stocktaking," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 316(3), pages 1129-1145.

  10. Bauer, Linus Benjamin & Bloch, Daniel & Merkert, Rico, 2020. "Ultra Long-Haul: An emerging business model accelerated by COVID-19," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Sismanidou, Athina & Tarradellas, Joan & Suau-Sanchez, Pere, 2022. "The uneven geography of US air traffic delays: Quantifying the impact of connecting passengers on delay propagation," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    2. Battisti, Enrico & Giachino, Chiara & Iaia, Lea & Stylianou, Ioanna & Papatheodorou, Andreas, 2022. "Air transport and mood in younger generations: The role of travel significance and COVID-19," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    3. Zi Ning Zhu & Charles Ramendran SPR & Lai Soon Wong & Rosa Fernandez Alcala & Elia Garcia-Marti, 2024. "RETRACTED ARTICLE: The Influence of Four-Box Business Model on Employee Engagement in Post-COVID-19: Company Performance as the Moderator," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 15(3), pages 13309-13333, September.
    4. Sun, Xiaoqian & Wandelt, Sebastian & Zheng, Changhong & Zhang, Anming, 2021. "COVID-19 pandemic and air transportation: Successfully navigating the paper hurricane," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    5. Babić, Danica & Begović, Boris & Levajković, Tijana, 2023. "Probabilistic model for the impact of fear of flying on airline network structures," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    6. Liao, Weijun & Fan, Ying & Wang, Chunan, 2022. "How does COVID-19 affect the implementation of CORSIA?," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    7. Truong, Dothang, 2021. "Estimating the impact of COVID-19 on air travel in the medium and long term using neural network and Monte Carlo simulation," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    8. Magdalina, Ana & Bouzaima, Martin, 2021. "An empirical investigation of European airline business models: Classification and hybridisation," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    9. Morlotti, Chiara & Redondi, Renato, 2023. "The impact of COVID-19 on airlines’ price curves," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    10. Luca J. Santos & Alessandro V. M. Oliveira & Dante Mendes Aldrighi, 2021. "Testing the differentiated impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on air travel demand considering social inclusion," Papers 2108.00850, arXiv.org.
    11. Xue, Dabin & Liu, Zhizhao & Wang, Bing & Yang, Jian, 2021. "Impacts of COVID-19 on aircraft usage and fuel consumption: A case study on four Chinese international airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    12. Mueller, Falko, 2022. "Examining COVID-19-triggered changes in spatial connectivity patterns in the European air transport network up to June 2021," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    13. Sun, Xiaoqian & Wandelt, Sebastian & Zhang, Anming, 2021. "Technological and educational challenges towards pandemic-resilient aviation," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 104-115.
    14. Kattreeya Chanpariyavatevong & Warit Wipulanusat & Thanapong Champahom & Sajjakaj Jomnonkwao & Dissakoon Chonsalasin & Vatanavongs Ratanavaraha, 2021. "Predicting Airline Customer Loyalty by Integrating Structural Equation Modeling and Bayesian Networks," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-21, June.
    15. Abdelghany, Ahmed & Guzhva, Vitaly S., 2022. "Exploratory analysis of air travel demand stimulation in first-time served markets," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    16. Lopez-Valpuesta, Lourdes & Casas-Albala, Diana, 2023. "Has passenger satisfaction at airports changed with the onset of COVID-19? The case of Seville Airport (Spain)," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    17. Kuo, Pei-Fen & Brawiswa Putra, I Gede & Setiawan, Faizal Azmi & Wen, Tzai-Hung & Chiu, Chui-Sheng & Sulistyah, Umroh Dian, 2022. "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on O-D flow and airport networks in the origin country and in Northeast Asia," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    18. Su, Junbiao & Wu, Hanjun & Tsui, Kan Wai Hong & Fu, Xiaowen & Lei, Zheng, 2023. "Aviation resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of the European aviation market," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 177(C).
    19. Liao, Weijun & Wang, Chunan, 2021. "Airline emissions charges and airline networks," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
    20. Gualini, Andrea & Zou, Li & Dresner, Martin, 2023. "Airline strategies during the pandemic: What worked?," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    21. Liao, Maozhu & Wu, Chuntao & Yan, Hongmeng, 2022. "Recovery of Chinese low-cost carriers after the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    22. Sun, Xiaoqian & Wandelt, Sebastian & Zhang, Anming, 2022. "STARTUPS: Founding airlines during COVID-19 - A hopeless endeavor or an ample opportunity for a better aviation system?," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 10-19.
    23. Lamb, Tracy L. & Ruskin, Keith J. & Rice, Stephen & Khorassani, Leili & Winter, Scott R. & Truong, Dothang, 2021. "A qualitative analysis of social and emotional perspectives of airline passengers during the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    24. Lee, Choong-Ki & Jung, Eun-Kyo & Kang, Sung-Eun & Petrick, James F. & Park, Yae-Na, 2022. "Impact of perception of COVID-19 on NPI, job satisfaction, and customer orientation: Highlighting three types of NPIs for the airline industry," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    25. Pereira, Francisco & Costa, Joana Martinho & Ramos, Ricardo & Raimundo, António, 2023. "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on airlines’ passenger satisfaction," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 112(C).
    26. Kim, Myeonghyeon & Sohn, Jeongwoong, 2022. "Passenger, airline, and policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis: The case of South Korea," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    27. Dobruszkes, Frédéric & Mattioli, Giulio & Mathieu, Laurette, 2022. "Banning super short-haul flights: Environmental evidence or political turbulence?," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    28. Christopher Findlay & Hein Roelfsema & Niall Van De Wouw, 2021. "Feeling the Pulse of Global Value Chains: Air Cargo and COVID-19," Working Papers DP-2021-23, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
    29. Michelmann, Johannes & Schmalz, Ulrike & Becker, Axel & Stroh, Florian & Behnke, Sebastian & Hornung, Mirko, 2023. "Influence of COVID-19 on air travel - A scenario study toward future trusted aviation," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 106(C).
    30. Nguyen, Mai & Malik, Ashish & Sharma, Piyush & Kingshott, Russel & Gugnani, Ritika, 2024. "High involvement work system and organizational and employee resilience: Impact of digitalisation in crisis situations," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 205(C).
    31. Budd, Thomas & Suau-Sanchez, Pere & Halpern, Nigel & Mwesiumo, Deodat & Bråthen, Svein, 2021. "An assessment of air passenger confidence a year into the COVID-19 crisis: A segmentation analysis of passengers in Norway," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    32. Lin, Yi-Hsin & Zhang, Chrystal, 2021. "Investigating air travellers’ travel motivation during a pandemic crisis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    33. Adiloğlu-Yalçınkaya, Leyla & Besler, Senem, 2021. "Institutional factors influencing business models: The case of Turkish Airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    34. Wang, Chunan & Jiang, Changmin, 2022. "How do pandemics affect intercity air travel? Implications for traffic and environment," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 166(C), pages 330-353.

  11. Tanrıverdi, Gökhan & Bakır, Mahmut & Merkert, Rico, 2020. "What can we learn from the JATM literature for the future of aviation post Covid-19? - A bibliometric and visualization analysis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).

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    5. Sun, Xiaoqian & Wandelt, Sebastian & Zheng, Changhong & Zhang, Anming, 2021. "COVID-19 pandemic and air transportation: Successfully navigating the paper hurricane," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
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    9. Pabla, Harleen & Soch, Harmeen, 2023. "Up in the air! Airline passenger's brand experience and its impact on brand satisfaction mediated by brand love," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
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    11. Chen, Yunxiang & Zhao, Yifei & Wu, Yexin, 2024. "Recent progress in air traffic flow management: A review," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 116(C).
    12. Ecer, Fatih & Tanrıverdi, Gökhan & Yaşar, Mehmet & Görçün, Ömer Faruk, 2025. "Sustainable aviation fuel supplier evaluation for airlines through LOPCOW and MARCOS approaches with interval-valued fuzzy neutrosophic information," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 123(C).
    13. Yu, Meng & Chen, Zhenhua, 2021. "The effect of aviation responses to the control of imported COVID-19 cases," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    14. Kuo, Pei-Fen & Brawiswa Putra, I Gede & Setiawan, Faizal Azmi & Wen, Tzai-Hung & Chiu, Chui-Sheng & Sulistyah, Umroh Dian, 2022. "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on O-D flow and airport networks in the origin country and in Northeast Asia," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    15. Su, Junbiao & Wu, Hanjun & Tsui, Kan Wai Hong & Fu, Xiaowen & Lei, Zheng, 2023. "Aviation resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of the European aviation market," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 177(C).
    16. Dapeng Zhang, 2024. "Examining the Effects of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and State Government Policies on Passenger Air Traffic Recovery by Proposing an OD Spatial Temporal Model," Networks and Spatial Economics, Springer, vol. 24(2), pages 341-359, June.
    17. Lamb, Tracy L. & Ruskin, Keith J. & Rice, Stephen & Khorassani, Leili & Winter, Scott R. & Truong, Dothang, 2021. "A qualitative analysis of social and emotional perspectives of airline passengers during the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    18. Kim, Myeonghyeon & Sohn, Jeongwoong, 2022. "Passenger, airline, and policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis: The case of South Korea," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    19. Zheng, Shiyuan & Jiang, Changmin & Fu, Xiaowen & Huang, Ying, 2025. "Airline competition and government regulation during a global pandemic: A retrospective analysis," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 197(C).
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    22. Kiracı, Kasım, 2025. "The nexus between air cargo and international trade: Empirical evidence from country groups," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
    23. Zhang, Linfeng & Yang, Hangjun & Wang, Kun & Bian, Lei & Zhang, Xian, 2021. "The impact of COVID-19 on airline passenger travel behavior: An exploratory analysis on the Chinese aviation market," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
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    25. Bakır, Mahmut & Özdemir, Emircan & Akan, Şahap & Atalık, Özlem, 2022. "A bibliometric analysis of airport service quality," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
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    3. Dobruszkes, Frédéric & Vandermotten, Christian, 2022. "Do scale and the type of markets matter? Revisiting the determinants of passenger air services worldwide," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    4. Liao, Maozhu & Zhang, Yilin & Cheung, Tommy, 2025. "Airline network response to government policies: COVID-19 and Russian airspace closure," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 169(C), pages 74-89.
    5. Hanson, Daniel & Toru Delibasi, Tuba & Gatti, Matteo & Cohen, Shamai, 2022. "How do changes in economic activity affect air passenger traffic? The use of state-dependent income elasticities to improve aviation forecasts," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    6. Wang, Sen & Gao, Yi, 2021. "A literature review and citation analyses of air travel demand studies published between 2010 and 2020," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    7. Tirtha, Sudipta Dey & Bhowmik, Tanmoy & Eluru, Naveen, 2023. "Understanding the factors affecting airport level demand (arrivals and departures) using a novel modeling approach," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 106(C).
    8. Zhao, Bing & Wu, Hao & Wang, Nuo, 2022. "Changing characteristics of the industrial correlation and economic contribution of air transport in China: An input–output analysis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    9. Bordeaux, Gabriel & Couto, António & Jimenez, Edgar, 2025. "A combined approach using structural equation modeling and analytic hierarchy process in hub airports selection," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 124(C).
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    21. Tanrıverdi, Gökhan & Bakır, Mahmut & Merkert, Rico, 2020. "What can we learn from the JATM literature for the future of aviation post Covid-19? - A bibliometric and visualization analysis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    22. Bauer, Linus Benjamin & Bloch, Daniel & Merkert, Rico, 2020. "Ultra Long-Haul: An emerging business model accelerated by COVID-19," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    23. Anshu Agrawal, 2021. "Sustainability of airlines in India with Covid-19: Challenges ahead and possible way-outs," Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 20(4), pages 457-472, August.

  15. Swidan, Hassan & Merkert, Rico & Kwon, Oh Kang, 2019. "Designing optimal jet fuel hedging strategies for airlines – Why hedging will not always reduce risk exposure," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 20-36.

    Cited by:

    1. Csereklyei, Zsuzsanna & Stern, David I., 2020. "Flying More Efficiently: Joint Impacts of Fuel Prices, Capital Costs and Fleet Size on Airline Fleet Fuel Economy," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).
    2. Samunderu, E. & Perret, J.K. & Geller, G., 2023. "The economic value rationale of fuel hedging: An empirical perspective from the global airline industry," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 106(C).

  16. Merkert, Rico & Webber, Tony, 2018. "How to manage seasonality in service industries – The case of price and seat factor management in airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 39-46.

    Cited by:

    1. Manuela Rozalia Gabor & Mihaela Kardos & Flavia Dana Oltean, 2022. "Yield Management—A Sustainable Tool for Airline E-Commerce: Dynamic Comparative Analysis of E-Ticket Prices for Romanian Full-Service Airline vs. Low-Cost Carriers," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-19, November.
    2. Dalalah, Doraid & Ojiako, Udechukwu & Chipulu, Maxwell, 2020. "Voluntary overbooking in commercial airline reservations," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    3. Jiaoe Wang & Fan Xiao & Frédéric Dobruszkes & Wei Wang, 2023. "Seasonality of flights in China: Spatial heterogeneity and its determinants," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/355192, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    4. Frédéric Dobruszkes & Jean-Michel Decroly & Pere Suau-Sanchez, 2022. "The monthly rhythms of aviation: A global analysis of passenger air service seasonality," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/341140, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    5. Alessandro V. M. Oliveira, 2024. "The seasonality of air ticket prices before and after the pandemic," Papers 2402.13789, arXiv.org.
    6. Jie Wang & Xi Chen, 2025. "Balancing Tourism Seasonality: The Role of Tourism Destination Image (TDI) and Spatial Levels (SLs)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(6), pages 1-15, March.
    7. Ali, Rafaqet & Bakhsh, Khuda & Yasin, Muhammad Asim, 2023. "Causal nexus between air transportation and economic growth in BRICS countries," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    8. Wang, Jiaoe & Xiao, Fan & Dobruszkes, Frédéric & Wang, Wei, 2023. "Seasonality of flights in China: Spatial heterogeneity and its determinants," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    9. Sara Dalir & Abror Mahamadaminov & Hossein GT Olya, 2021. "Airbnb and taxation: Developing a seasonal tax system," Tourism Economics, , vol. 27(2), pages 365-378, March.
    10. Alderighi, Marco & Nicolini, Marcella & Piga, Claudio A., 2019. "Is low-cost carriers’ revenue management a firm capability?," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 15-22.
    11. Doraid Dalalah & Mohammad Khasawneh & Sharafuddin Khan, 2022. "Pricing and demand management of air tickets using a multiplicative newsvendor model," Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 21(5), pages 517-528, October.
    12. Sun, Xiaoqian & Wandelt, Sebastian & Zhang, Anming, 2020. "How did COVID-19 impact air transportation? A first peek through the lens of complex networks," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    13. Zou, Li & Reynolds-Feighan, Aisling & Yu, Chunyan, 2022. "Airline seasonality: An explorative analysis of major low-cost carriers in Europe and the United States," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).

  17. Merkert, Rico & Preston, John & Melkersson, Maria & Link, Heike, 2018. "Workshop 2 report: Competitive tendering and other forms of contracting-out: Institutional design and performance measurement," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 86-96.

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    1. Sheng, Dian & Meng, Qiang, 2020. "Public bus service contracting: A critical review and future research opportunities," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    2. Dementiev, Andrei & Han, Hyen Jin, 2020. "A theory of deregulation in public transport," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    3. Preston, John & Walters, Jackie, 2020. "Workshop 1 report: Models of mainstream public transport provision," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).

  18. Merkert, Rico & Mulley, Corinne & Hakim, Md Mahbubul, 2018. "Trade-offs between transaction cost, operation cost and innovation in the context of procurement and asset specificity – The example of the bus industry," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 173-179.

    Cited by:

    1. Merkert, Rico & Bushell, James & Beck, Matthew J., 2020. "Collaboration as a service (CaaS) to fully integrate public transportation – Lessons from long distance travel to reimagine mobility as a service," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 131(C), pages 267-282.
    2. Ming-Chih Tsai & Rico Merkert & Jiana-Fu Wang, 2021. "What drives freight transportation customer loyalty? Diverging marketing approaches for the air freight express industry," Transportation, Springer, vol. 48(3), pages 1503-1521, June.
    3. Huang, Yongming & Li, Xin & Liu, Changwei, 2025. "The Supply chain spillovers of Pilot Free Trade Zones on GVC upgrading of Chinese firms," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 439-450.

  19. Gudmundsson, Sveinn Vidar & Merkert, Rico & Redondi, Renato, 2017. "Cost functions and determinants of unit cost effects in horizontal airline M&As," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 103(C), pages 444-454.

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    1. Khezrimotlagh, Dariush & Kaffash, Sepideh & Zhu, Joe, 2022. "U.S. airline mergers’ performance and productivity change," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    2. Gudmundsson, Sveinn Vidar & Merkert, Rico & Redondi, Renato, 2020. "Cost structure effects of horizontal airline mergers and acquisitions," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 136-144.
    3. Chow, Clement Kong Wing & Tsui, Wai Hong Kan, 2017. "Organizational learning, operating costs and airline consolidation policy in the Chinese airline industry," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 108-118.
    4. de Oliveira, Renan P. & Oliveira, Alessandro V.M., 2021. "Financial distress, survival network design strategies, and airline pricing: An event study of a merger between a bankrupt FSC and an LCC in Brazil," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
    5. Yan, Jia & Fu, Xiaowen & Oum, Tae Hoon & Wang, Kun, 2019. "Airline horizontal mergers and productivity: Empirical evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 358-376.
    6. Guo, Rui & Hu, Mingmao & Lan, Yanfei & Zhao, Ruiqing & Zou, Gaofeng, 2026. "Impact of uniform price regulation in a supply chain in the presence of retailer’s merger," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 206(C).

  20. Merkert, Rico & Beck, Matthew, 2017. "Value of travel time savings and willingness to pay for regional aviation," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 29-42.

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    1. Bushell, James & Merkert, Rico & Beck, Matthew J., 2022. "Consumer preferences for operator collaboration in intra- and intercity transport ecosystems: Institutionalising platforms to facilitate MaaS 2.0," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 160-178.
    2. Lesgourgues, Augustin & Malavolti, Estelle, 2023. "Social cost of airline delays: Assessment by the use of revenue management data," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    3. Merkert, Rico & Bushell, James & Beck, Matthew J., 2020. "Collaboration as a service (CaaS) to fully integrate public transportation – Lessons from long distance travel to reimagine mobility as a service," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 131(C), pages 267-282.
    4. Chen, Tiantian & Fu, Xiaowen & Hensher, David A. & Li, Zhi-Chun & Sze, N.N., 2022. "The effect of online meeting and health screening on business travel: A stated preference case study in Hong Kong," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 164(C).
    5. Rodrigo Acuna-Agost & Eoin Thomas & Alix Lhéritier, 2021. "Price elasticity estimation for deep learning-based choice models: an application to air itinerary choices," Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 20(3), pages 213-226, June.
    6. Wang, Yingzhi & Jiang, Xiushan & Ma, Jihui, 2025. "Emissions reduction of air transport and high-speed rail with policy intervention considering the modal competition in a network market: Environment and welfare implications," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 379-395.
    7. Merkert, Rico & Beck, Matthew J. & Bushell, James, 2021. "Will It Fly? Adoption of the road pricing framework to manage drone use of airspace," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 150(C), pages 156-170.
    8. Yaghoub Abdi & Xiaoni Li & Xavier Càmara-Turull, 2023. "Firm value in the airline industry: perspectives on the impact of sustainability and Covid-19," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-24, December.
    9. Arun Ulahannan & Stewart Birrell, 2022. "Designing Better Public Transport: Understanding Mode Choice Preferences Following the COVID-19 Pandemic," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-15, May.
    10. Kattreeya Chanpariyavatevong & Warit Wipulanusat & Thanapong Champahom & Sajjakaj Jomnonkwao & Dissakoon Chonsalasin & Vatanavongs Ratanavaraha, 2021. "Predicting Airline Customer Loyalty by Integrating Structural Equation Modeling and Bayesian Networks," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-21, June.
    11. Adler, Nicole & Brudner, Amir & Gallotti, Riccardo & Privitera, Filippo & Ramasco, José J., 2022. "Does big data help answer big questions? The case of airport catchment areas & competition," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 166(C), pages 444-467.
    12. Merkert, Rico & Webber, Tony, 2018. "How to manage seasonality in service industries – The case of price and seat factor management in airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 39-46.
    13. Mabit, Stefan E., 2026. "Mixed logit applications in travel behaviour research," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 203(C).
    14. Merkert, Rico & Beck, Matthew J., 2020. "Can a strategy of integrated air-bus services create a value proposition for regional aviation management?," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 527-539.
    15. Chung-Te Ting & Yu-Sheng Huang & Cheng-Te Lin & Szu-Chin Pan, 2019. "Evaluation of Consumers’ WTP for Service Recovery in Restaurants: Waiting Time Perspective," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 9(3), pages 1-18, August.
    16. Marques Junior, Carlos Higino & Eller, Rogéria de Arantes Gomes & Oliveira, Alessandro V.M., 2018. "Are passengers less willing to pay for flying turboprops? An empirical test of the “turbo aversion hypothesisâ€," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 58-66.
    17. Medina-Muñoz, Diego Ramón & Medina-Muñoz, Rita Dolores & Suárez-Cabrera, Miguel à ngel, 2018. "Determining important attributes for assessing the attractiveness of airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 45-56.
    18. Rouncivell, Adam & Timmis, Andrew J. & Ison, Stephen G., 2018. "Willingness to pay for preferred seat selection on UK domestic flights," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 57-61.
    19. Binsuwadan, Jawaher & Wardman, Mark & de Jong, Gerard & Batley, Richard & Wheat, Phill, 2023. "The income elasticity of the value of travel time savings: A meta-analysis," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 136(C), pages 126-136.

  21. Merkert, Rico & Mulley, Corinne & Hakim, Md Mahbubul, 2017. "Determinants of bus rapid transit (BRT) system revenue and effectiveness – A global benchmarking exercise," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 75-88.

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    1. Cheranchery, Munavar Fairooz & Maitra, Bhargab, 2021. "Improving quality of ordinary bus service in Kolkata city: Integrating conflicting requirements of users and transit operator," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 111(C), pages 17-27.
    2. Tsai, Ming-Chih & Merkert, Rico & Tsai, Mei-Ting & Lin, Shiau-Chi, 2021. "Towards a taxonomy-based preferred-customer model for suppliers in air cargo express service markets," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    3. Yao, Di & Xu, Liqun & Li, Jinpei, 2020. "Does technical efficiency play a mediating role between bus facility scale and ridership attraction? Evidence from bus practices in China," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 77-96.
    4. Dubé, Jean & Andrianary, Eugénie & Assad-Déry, François & Poupart, Janie & Simard, Justine, 2018. "Exploring difference in value uplift resulting from new bus rapid transit routes within a medium size metropolitan area," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 258-269.
    5. Wojciech Keblowski & Frédéric Dobruszkes & Kobe Boussauw, 2022. "Moving past sustainable transport studies: Towards a critical perspective on urban transport," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/341191, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    6. Dubé, Jean & Le Gallo, Julie & Des Rosiers, François & Legros, Diègo & Champagne, Marie-Pier, 2024. "An integrated causal framework to evaluate uplift value with an example on change in public transport supply," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 185(C).
    7. Kębłowski, Wojciech & Dobruszkes, Frédéric & Boussauw, Kobe, 2022. "Moving past sustainable transport studies: Towards a critical perspective on urban transport," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 159(C), pages 74-83.
    8. Georgios Georgiadis & Ioannis Politis & Panagiotis Papaioannou, 2020. "How Does Operational Environment Influence Public Transport Effectiveness? Evidence from European Urban Bus Operators," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-19, June.
    9. Merkert, Rico & Mulley, Corinne & Hakim, Md Mahbubul, 2018. "Trade-offs between transaction cost, operation cost and innovation in the context of procurement and asset specificity – The example of the bus industry," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 173-179.
    10. Miriam Rocha & Cristina Albuquerque Moreira Silva & Reinaldo Germano Santos Junior & Michel Anzanello & Gabrielli Harumi Yamashita & Luis Antonio Lindau, 2020. "Selecting the most relevant variables towards clustering bus priority corridors," Public Transport, Springer, vol. 12(3), pages 587-609, October.

  22. Alexander, David W. & Merkert, Rico, 2017. "Challenges to domestic air freight in Australia: Evaluating air traffic markets with gravity modelling," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 41-52.

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    1. Lotti, Raoni & Caetano, Mauro, 2018. "The airport choice of exporters for fruit from Brazil," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 104-112.
    2. Katrin Oesingmann, 2022. "The determinants of air cargo flows and the role of multinational agreements: An empirical comparison with trade and air passenger flows," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(8), pages 2370-2393, August.
    3. Rivera-Gonzalez, Carlos & Amaral, Julia C., 2024. "Assessment of freight accessibility in New York City: A spatial-temporal approach," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
    4. Chen, Zhe & Ni, Haowen & Wang, Zhengli, 2025. "Analyzing the propagation effect of high-speed rail from air passenger to air cargo traffic in China," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
    5. Alexander, D.W. & Merkert, R., 2021. "Applications of gravity models to evaluate and forecast US international air freight markets post-GFC," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 52-62.
    6. Zhang, Yilin & Abate, Megersa & Cheung, Tommy & Zhang, Anming, 2024. "What shapes international air transportation in Southern Africa? − The evidence considering the impact of Covid-19," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 186(C).
    7. Aydın, Umut & Ülengin, Burç, 2022. "Analyzing air cargo flows of Turkish domestic routes: A comparative analysis of gravity models," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    8. Gizem Kaya & Umut Aydın & Burç Ülengin, 2023. "A Comparison of Forecasting Performance of PPML and OLS estimators: The Gravity Model in the Air Cargo Market," EKOIST Journal of Econometrics and Statistics, Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 0(39), pages 112-128, December.
    9. Fageda, Xavier & Gonzalez-Aregall, Marta, 2025. "Determinants of air cargo traffic in Europe: Intercontinental flights, competition and airlines’ business model," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 173(C).
    10. Fageda, Xavier & Fioravanti, Reinaldo & Ricover, Andy & Café, Eduardo & Ansaldo, Mariano, 2023. "Econometric analysis of the determinants of air cargo services supply in Latin America and the Caribbean," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 33-44.
    11. Hee Kyung Kim & Chang Won Lee, 2019. "Development of a Cost Forecasting Model for Air Cargo Service Delay Due to Low Visibility," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(16), pages 1-14, August.
    12. Kağan Albayrak, Muhammed Bilge & Özcan, İsmail Çağrı & Can, Raif & Dobruszkes, Frédéric, 2020. "The determinants of air passenger traffic at Turkish airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    13. He, Hang & Wu, Hanjun & Tsui, Kan Wai Hong & Wang, Biao & Fu, Xiaowen, 2024. "Spatiotemporal evolution of air cargo networks and its impact on economic development - An analysis of China's domestic market before and during the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
    14. Zhang, Linfeng & Yang, Hangjun & Bian, Lei, 2025. "Complex network analysis of China's domestic air cargo network based on actual flight data," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 168(C), pages 133-156.
    15. Yu, Shunan & Yang, Zhongzhen & Zhang, Wei, 2019. "Differential pricing strategies of air freight transport carriers in the spot market," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 9-15.
    16. Kazda, Antonín & Novák Sedláčková, Alena & Böhm, Patrik & Materna, Matúš, 2024. "Thinking beyond models: The propensity to fly of four Central European countries," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).
    17. Kiracı, Kasım, 2025. "The nexus between air cargo and international trade: Empirical evidence from country groups," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
    18. Chen, Zhe & Jiang, Hai, 2020. "Impacts of high-speed rail on domestic air cargo traffic in China," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 142(C), pages 1-13.
    19. AlKheder, Sharaf & Almutairi, Shrouq, 2025. "Investigating cargo capacity determinants in desertic airports using Bayesian Network (BN) analysis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).
    20. Wang, Yue & Wong, Collin Wai Hung & Cheung, Tommy King-Yin & Wu, Edmund Yangming, 2021. "How influential factors affect aviation networks: A Bayesian network analysis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).

  23. Currie, Graham & Merkert, Rico, 2016. "Workshop 1 report: Innovations in Service Delivery and Performance Management," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 7-10.

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  24. Hakim, Md Mahbubul & Merkert, Rico, 2016. "The causal relationship between air transport and economic growth: Empirical evidence from South Asia," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 120-127.

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    1. Klophaus, Richard & Grosche, Tobias, 2020. "Consumer surplus analysis of selected long-haul air transport routes connecting Germany with California and China," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    2. Çelik, Ali Kemal & Yalçınkaya, Ömer & Kutlu, Muhammet, 2025. "The causal relationship between air transport and economic growth: Evidence from top ten countries with the largest air transport volume," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 521-532.
    3. Gümüş Akar, Pınar, 2025. "The impact of air transportation on economic growth: Novel findings from the CS-ARDL model," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 173(C).
    4. Elena Cigu & Daniela Tatiana Agheorghiesei & Anca Florentina Gavriluță (Vatamanu) & Elena Toader, 2018. "Transport Infrastructure Development, Public Performance and Long-Run Economic Growth: A Case Study for the Eu-28 Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-22, December.
    5. Rayaprolu, Hema & Levinson, David, 2024. "Co-evolution of public transport access and ridership," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 116(C).
    6. Samir, Saidi & Shahbaz, Muhammad & Akhtar, Pervaiz, 2018. "The Long-Run Relationship between Transport Energy Consumption and Transport Infrastructure on Economic Growth in MENA Countries," MPRA Paper 85037, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 06 Mar 2018.
    7. Ouni, Manel & Mraihi, Rafaa, 2025. "Air transportation and inclusive growth in Tunisia: Evidence from Autoregressive Distributed Lag and wavelet coherence approach," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
    8. Tsui, Wai Hong Kan & Fu, Xiaowen & Yin, Chuanzhong & Zhang, Huaxin, 2021. "Hong Kong's aviation and tourism growth - An empirical investigation," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    9. Njoya, Eric Tchouamou & Nikitas, Alexandros, 2020. "The role of air transport in employment creation and inclusive growth in the Global South: The case of South Africa," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    10. Wang, Yanzai & Hao, Chengzhi & Liu, Dawei, 2019. "The spatial and temporal dimensions of the interdependence between the airline industry and the Chinese economy," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 201-210.
    11. Xiaowen Fu & Kan Wai Hong Tsui & Breno Sampaio & David Tan, 2021. "Do airport activities affect regional economies? Regional analysis of New Zealand’s airport system," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(4), pages 707-722, April.
    12. Keranka Nedeva & Evgeni Genchev, 2018. "Air Transport - A Source of Competitive Advantages of the Region," Marketing and Branding Research, EUROKD, vol. 5(4), pages 206-216.
    13. Erdogan, Sinan & Fatai Adedoyin, Festus & Victor Bekun, Festus & Asumadu Sarkodie, Samuel, 2020. "Testing the transport-induced environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis: The role of air and railway transport," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    14. Dobruszkes, Frédéric & Vandermotten, Christian, 2022. "Do scale and the type of markets matter? Revisiting the determinants of passenger air services worldwide," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    15. Hanson, Daniel & Toru Delibasi, Tuba & Gatti, Matteo & Cohen, Shamai, 2022. "How do changes in economic activity affect air passenger traffic? The use of state-dependent income elasticities to improve aviation forecasts," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    16. Yanli Ma & Jieyu Zhu & Gaofeng Gu & Ke Chen, 2020. "Freight Transportation and Economic Growth for Zones: Sustainability and Development Strategy in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-17, December.
    17. Wang, Sen & Gao, Yi, 2021. "A literature review and citation analyses of air travel demand studies published between 2010 and 2020," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    18. Chen, Jieh-Haur & Wei, Hsi-Hsien & Chen, Chih-Lin & Wei, Hsin-Yi & Chen, Yi-Ping & Ye, Zhongnan, 2020. "A practical approach to determining critical macroeconomic factors in air-traffic volume based on K-means clustering and decision-tree classification," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    19. Tirtha, Sudipta Dey & Bhowmik, Tanmoy & Eluru, Naveen, 2023. "Understanding the factors affecting airport level demand (arrivals and departures) using a novel modeling approach," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 106(C).
    20. Alexander, D.W. & Merkert, R., 2021. "Applications of gravity models to evaluate and forecast US international air freight markets post-GFC," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 52-62.
    21. Gudmundsson, S.V. & Cattaneo, M. & Redondi, R., 2021. "Forecasting temporal world recovery in air transport markets in the presence of large economic shocks: The case of COVID-19," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    22. Xiongbin Lin & Ian MacLachlan & Ting Ren & Feiyang Sun, 2019. "Quantifying economic effects of transportation investment considering spatiotemporal heterogeneity in China: a spatial panel data model perspective," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 63(3), pages 437-459, December.
    23. Gong, Qiang & Wang, Kun & Fan, Xingli & Fu, Xiaowen & Xiao, Yi-bin, 2018. "International trade drivers and freight network analysis - The case of the Chinese air cargo sector," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 253-262.
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    1. Merkert, Rico & Mulley, Corinne & Hakim, Md Mahbubul, 2017. "Determinants of bus rapid transit (BRT) system revenue and effectiveness – A global benchmarking exercise," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 75-88.
    2. Rafael Marques & Rafael Teixeira & Daniel P. Lacerda & Fabio S. Piran, 2023. "Exploring outsourcing service productivity from the buyer and supplier perspective: A case analysis in the fleet maintenance industry," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 16(2), pages 853-867, June.
    3. Álvaro Costa & Carlos Oliveira Cruz & Joaquim Miranda Sarmento & Vitor Faria Sousa, 2021. "Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Ownership Model (Public vs. Private) on the Efficiency of Urban Rail Firms," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-14, December.
    4. Hao Zhang & Xinyue Wang & Letao Chen & Yujia Luo & Sujie Peng, 2022. "Evaluation of the Operational Efficiency and Energy Efficiency of Rail Transit in China’s Megacities Using a DEA Model," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(20), pages 1-16, October.
    5. Wey, Wann-Ming & Kang, Chao-Chung & Khan, Haider A., 2020. "Evaluating the effects of environmental factors and a transfer fare discount policy on the performance of an urban metro system," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 172-185.
    6. Chen, Chialin & Achtari, Guyves & Majkut, Kevin & Sheu, Jiuh-Biing, 2017. "Balancing equity and cost in rural transportation management with multi-objective utility analysis and data envelopment analysis: A case of Quinte West," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 148-165.
    7. Ha, Hun Koo & Kaneko, Shinji & Yamamoto, Masashi & Yoshida, Yuichiro & Zhang, Anming, 2017. "On the discrepancy in the social efficiency measures between parametric and non-parametric production technology identification," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 9-14.
    8. Bhatia, Vinod & Sharma, Seema, 2021. "Expense based performance analysis and resource rationalization: Case of Indian Railways," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
    9. Xu Zhang & Huaping Sun & Taohong Wang, 2022. "Impact of Financial Inclusion on the Efficiency of Carbon Emissions: Evidence from 30 Provinces in China," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(19), pages 1-15, October.
    10. Zong, Yueqi & Wu, Jianhong & Yu, Kemei & Yang, Xutao, 2023. "Efficiency benchmarking and its determinants in high-speed railways: Reference for China," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    11. Chen, Ya & Li, Yongjun & Liang, Liang & Salo, Ahti & Wu, Huaqing, 2016. "Frontier projection and efficiency decomposition in two-stage processes with slacks-based measures," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 250(2), pages 543-554.

  30. Masoud Khakdaman & Kuan Yew Wong & Bahareh Zohoori & Manoj Kumar Tiwari & Rico Merkert, 2015. "Tactical production planning in a hybrid Make-to-Stock–Make-to-Order environment under supply, process and demand uncertainties: a robust optimisation model," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(5), pages 1358-1386, March.

    Cited by:

    1. Weskamp, Christoph & Koberstein, Achim & Schwartz, Frank & Suhl, Leena & Voß, Stefan, 2019. "A two-stage stochastic programming approach for identifying optimal postponement strategies in supply chains with uncertain demand," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 123-138.
    2. Surbhi Upadhyay & Suresh Kumar Garg & Rishu Sharma, 2025. "Unlocking competitive edge and sustainability through Make-to-Order manufacturing: an empirical investigation," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 27(4), pages 8811-8834, April.
    3. Pereira, Daniel Filipe & Oliveira, José Fernando & Carravilla, Maria Antónia, 2022. "Merging make-to-stock/make-to-order decisions into sales and operations planning: A multi-objective approach," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    4. Khakdaman, Masoud & Rezaei, Jafar & Tavasszy, Lóránt, 2022. "Shippers’ willingness to use flexible transportation services," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 1-20.

  31. Merkert, Rico & Ploix, Boris, 2014. "The impact of terminal re-organisation on belly-hold freight operation chains at airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 78-84.

    Cited by:

    1. Alexander, David W. & Merkert, Rico, 2017. "Challenges to domestic air freight in Australia: Evaluating air traffic markets with gravity modelling," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 41-52.
    2. Shaban, Ibrahim Abdelfadeel & Chan, F.T.S. & Chung, S.H., 2021. "A novel model to manage air cargo disruptions caused by global catastrophes such as Covid-19," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    3. Chen, Yun-Hsuan & Lin, Jen-Jia, 2021. "Determinants of flight delays at East Asian airports from an airport, route and network perspective," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    4. Yuen, Andrew & Zhang, Anming & Hui, Yer Van & Leung, Lawrence C. & Fung, Michael, 2017. "Is developing air cargo airports in the hinterland the way of the future?," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 15-25.
    5. Kupfer, Franziska & Meersman, Hilde & Onghena, Evy & Van de Voorde, Eddy, 2017. "The underlying drivers and future development of air cargo," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 6-14.
    6. Merkert, Rico & Assaf, A. George, 2015. "Using DEA models to jointly estimate service quality perception and profitability – Evidence from international airports," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 42-50.
    7. Pitchforth, Jegar & Wu, Paul & Fookes, Clinton & Mengersen, Kerrie, 2015. "Processing passengers efficiently: An analysis of airport processing times for international passengers," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 35-45.
    8. Budd, Lucy & Ison, Stephen, 2017. "The role of dedicated freighter aircraft in the provision of global airfreight services," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 34-40.
    9. Adenigbo, Joseph Adedotun, 2016. "Factors influencing cargo agents choice of operations in Abuja airport, Nigeria," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 113-119.
    10. Dray, Lynnette & Kuleszo, Joanna & Teoh, Roger & Stettler, Marc & Stewart, James & Schäfer, Andreas, 2024. "Global air freight flow data for aviation policy modelling," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).
    11. David Tan & Kan Tsui, 2017. "Investigating causality in international air freight and business travel: The case of Australia," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 54(5), pages 1178-1193, April.
    12. Chen, Zhe & Jiang, Hai, 2020. "Impacts of high-speed rail on domestic air cargo traffic in China," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 142(C), pages 1-13.
    13. Waltert, Manuel & Wicki, Jan & Jimenez Perez, Edgar & Pagliari, Romano, 2021. "Ratio-based design hour determination for airport passenger terminal facilities," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    14. Mahtani, Umesh S. & Garg, Chandra Prakash, 2018. "An analysis of key factors of financial distress in airline companies in India using fuzzy AHP framework," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 87-102.
    15. Rezaei, Jafar & Hemmes, Alexander & Tavasszy, Lori, 2017. "Multi-criteria decision-making for complex bundling configurations in surface transportation of air freight," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 95-105.
    16. Hakim, Md Mahbubul & Merkert, Rico, 2019. "Econometric evidence on the determinants of air transport in South Asian countries," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 120-126.
    17. Masilonyane Mokhele & Tholang Mokhele, 2023. "Characterization of Airfreight-Related Logistics Firms in the City of Cape Town, South Africa," Logistics, MDPI, vol. 7(3), pages 1-21, July.

  32. Pearson, James & Merkert, Rico, 2014. "Airlines-within-airlines: A business model moving East," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 21-26.

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    1. Oliveira, Bruno F. & Oliveira, Alessandro V.M., 2022. "An empirical analysis of the determinants of network construction for Azul Airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
    2. O'Connell, John F. & Avellana, Raquel Martinez & Warnock-Smith, David & Efthymiou, Marina, 2020. "Evaluating drivers of profitability for airlines in Latin America: A case study of Copa Airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    3. Albers, Sascha & Daft, Jost & Stabenow, Sebastian & Rundshagen, Volker, 2020. "The long-haul low-cost airline business model: A disruptive innovation perspective," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    4. Pearson, James & Pitfield, David & Ryley, Tim, 2015. "Intangible resources of competitive advantage: Analysis of 49 Asian airlines across three business models," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 179-189.
    5. Peng, I-Chin & Lu, Hua-An, 2022. "Coopetition effects among global airline alliances for selected Asian airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
    6. Ko, Young Dae, 2019. "The airfare pricing and seat allocation problem in full-service carriers and subsidiary low-cost carriers," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 92-102.
    7. Magdalina, Ana & Bouzaima, Martin, 2021. "An empirical investigation of European airline business models: Classification and hybridisation," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    8. Yu, Ming-Miin & Chang, Yu-Chun & Chen, Li-Hsueh, 2016. "Measurement of airlines’ capacity utilization and cost gap: Evidence from low-cost carriers," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 186-198.
    9. Su, Min & Luan, Weixin & Fu, Xiaowen & Yang, Zaili & Zhang, Rui, 2020. "The competition effects of low-cost carriers and high-speed rail on the Chinese aviation market," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 37-46.
    10. Klein, Klemens & Albers, Sascha & Allroggen, Florian & Malina, Robert, 2015. "Serving vs. settling: What drives the establishment of low-cost carriers’ foreign bases?," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 17-30.
    11. Nokhaiz Tariq Khan & Javed Aslam & Ateeq Abdul Rauf & Yun Bae Kim, 2022. "The Case of South Korean Airlines-Within-Airlines Model: Helping Full-Service Carriers Challenge Low-Cost Carriers," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-19, March.
    12. Mallikarjun, Sreekanth, 2015. "Efficiency of US airlines: A strategic operating model," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 46-56.
    13. Klophaus, Richard & Merkert, Rico & Lordan, Oriol, 2021. "Mesh network as a competitive advantage for European LCCs: An alternative topology to hub-and-spoke for selling online connections," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 196-204.
    14. Kaya, Gizem & Aydın, Umut & Ülengin, Burç & Karadayı, Melis Almula & Ülengin, Füsun, 2023. "How do airlines survive? An integrated efficiency analysis on the survival of airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    15. Merkert, Rico & Webber, Tony, 2018. "How to manage seasonality in service industries – The case of price and seat factor management in airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 39-46.
    16. Jiang, Yonglei & Yao, Baozhen & Wang, Lu & Feng, Tao & Kong, Lu, 2017. "Evolution trends of the network structure of Spring Airlines in China: A temporal and spatial analysis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 18-30.
    17. Zhang, Yahua & Sampaio, Breno & Fu, Xiaowen & Huang, Zhibin, 2018. "Pricing dynamics between airline groups with dual-brand services," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 112(C), pages 46-59.
    18. Chiambaretto, Paul & Combe, Emmanuel, 2023. "Business model hybridization but heterogeneous economic performance: Insights from low-cost and legacy carriers in Europe," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 136(C), pages 83-97.
    19. Pons-Prats, Jordi & Živojinović, Tanja & Kuljanin, Jovana, 2022. "On the understanding of the current status of urban air mobility development and its future prospects: Commuting in a flying vehicle as a new paradigm," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).
    20. Wang, Weicheng & Wu, Xiangru & Fu, Xiaowen & Wang, Kun, 2024. "Airline competition in Indonesian domestic market: Airline-within-airline strategies and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 156(C), pages 1-12.
    21. Lee, Won Seok & Tang, Ruohan & Moon, Joonho & Song, Myungkeun, 2022. "The structural relationship between a low-cost carrier’s service experience, corporate social responsibility, brand love, and reuse intention: The case of Southwest Airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    22. Zuidberg, Joost, 2019. "Network geographies and financial performances in low-cost carrier versus network carrier competition: The case of Norwegian versus SAS," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 1-1.
    23. Atallah, Stephanie & Hotle, Susan L. & Mumbower, Stacey, 2018. "The evolution of low-cost Carrier operational strategies pre- and post-recession," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 87-94.
    24. Whyte, Randall & Lohmann, Gui, 2015. "The carrier-within-a-carrier strategy: An analysis of Jetstar," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 141-148.
    25. Wang, Huan & Tsui, Kan Wai Hong & Wu, Hanjun & Fu, Xiaowen & Wang, Xuecheng, 2025. "External environments and the growth of low-cost carriers in the Asia-Pacific region: A systematic review and future research agendas," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    26. Pérez-Campuzano, Darío & Rubio Andrada, Luis & Morcillo Ortega, Patricio & López-Lázaro, Antonio, 2022. "Visualizing the historical COVID-19 shock in the US airline industry: A Data Mining approach for dynamic market surveillance," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
    27. Tanrıverdi, Gökhan & Bakır, Mahmut & Merkert, Rico, 2020. "What can we learn from the JATM literature for the future of aviation post Covid-19? - A bibliometric and visualization analysis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    28. Ko, Young Dae & Kwag, Sung Il & Oh, Yonghui, 2020. "An efficient airline seat reallocation algorithm considering customer dissatisfaction," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    29. Bauer, Linus Benjamin & Bloch, Daniel & Merkert, Rico, 2020. "Ultra Long-Haul: An emerging business model accelerated by COVID-19," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    30. Pearson, James & O'Connell, John F. & Pitfield, David & Ryley, Tim, 2015. "The strategic capability of Asian network airlines to compete with low-cost carriers," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 1-10.
    31. Cho, Woohyun & Min, Dong-Jun, 2018. "Longitudinal examination of passenger characteristics among airline types in the US," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 11-19.
    32. Klophaus, Richard & Yu, Chunyan, 2023. "Short-haul airline services in Europe and North America - A cross-business model and cross-continental analysis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).

  33. Merkert, Rico & Hensher, David A., 2014. "Open access for railways and transaction cost economics – Management perspectives of Australia's rail companies," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 227-236.

    Cited by:

    1. Andersson, Matts & Hultén, Staffan, 2016. "Transaction and transition costs during the deregulation of the Swedish Railway market," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 349-357.
    2. Zong, Yueqi & Wu, Jianhong & Yu, Kemei & Yang, Xutao, 2023. "Efficiency benchmarking and its determinants in high-speed railways: Reference for China," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).

  34. Ison, Stephen & Merkert, Rico & Mulley, Corinne, 2014. "Policy approaches to public transport at airports—Some diverging evidence from the UK and Australia," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 265-274.

    Cited by:

    1. Budd, Lucy & Ison, Stephen & Budd, Thomas, 2016. "Improving the environmental performance of airport surface access in the UK: The role of public transport," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 185-195.
    2. Ison, Stephen & Budd, Lucy & Nelson, John D. & Mulley, Corinne, 2025. "Examining the introduction of transportation network companies (TNCs) and ridesharing services for airport ground access in Australia," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
    3. Yazdanpanah, Mahdi & Hosseinlou, Mansour Hadji, 2016. "The influence of personality traits on airport public transport access mode choice: A hybrid latent class choice modeling approach," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 147-163.
    4. Graham, Anne & Kruse, Willy & Budd, Lucy & Kremarik, Frances & Ison, Stephen, 2023. "Ageing passenger perceptions of ground access journeys to airports: A survey of UK residents," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    5. Olivier Boiral & Mehran Ebrahimi & Kerstin Kuyken & David Talbot, 2019. "Greening Remote SMEs: The Case of Small Regional Airports," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 154(3), pages 813-827, February.
    6. Arblaster, Margaret, 2016. "Negotiate-arbitrate regulation of airport services: Twenty years of experience in Australia," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 27-38.
    7. Merkert, Rico & Assaf, A. George, 2015. "Using DEA models to jointly estimate service quality perception and profitability – Evidence from international airports," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 42-50.
    8. Qin, Huanmei & Gao, Jianqiang & Zhang, Guohui & Chen, Yanyan & Wu, Songhua, 2017. "Nested logit model formation to analyze airport parking behavior based on stated preference survey studies," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 164-175.
    9. Xingjian Liu, 2020. "Assessing airport ground access by public transport in Chinese cities," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 57(2), pages 267-285, February.
    10. Fangzhou Dai & Mi Diao & Tien Foo Sing, 2024. "A two-dimensional propensity score matching approach to estimating the treatment effect of urban rail transit lines on vehicle travel," Transportation, Springer, vol. 51(3), pages 853-873, June.
    11. Yang, Chih-Wen & Liao, Pei-Han, 2016. "Modeling the joint choice of access modes and flight routes with parallel structure and random heterogeneity," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 19-31.
    12. Wang, Zi-Jia & Jia, Hui-Hui & Dai, Fangzhou & Diao, Mi, 2022. "Understanding the ground access and airport choice behavior of air passengers using transit payment transaction data," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 127(C), pages 179-190.
    13. Murakami, Jin & Matsui, Yurika & Kato, Hironori, 2016. "Airport rail links and economic productivity: Evidence from 82 cities with the world’s 100 busiest airports," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 89-99.
    14. Ugirumurera, Juliette & Severino, Joseph & Ficenec, Karen & Ge, Yanbo & Wang, Qichao & Williams, Lindy & Chae, Junghoon & Lunacek, Monte & Phillips, Caleb, 2021. "A modeling framework for designing and evaluating curbside traffic management policies at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 153(C), pages 130-150.
    15. Wadud, Zia, 2020. "An examination of the effects of ride-hailing services on airport parking demand," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).

  35. Merkert, Rico & Hensher, David A., 2013. "Regulation, trust and contractual incentives around transport contracts – Is there anything bus operators can learn from public air service contracts?," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 39(1), pages 67-78.

    Cited by:

    1. Chao, Ching-Cheng & Chen, Hsi-Tien & Yeh, Tai-Lin, 2015. "A comprehensive relationship marketing model between airlines and travel agencies: The case of Taiwan," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 20-31.
    2. Merkert, Rico & Wong, Yale Z., 2020. "Emerging business models and implications for the transport ecosystem," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    3. Veeneman, Wijnand & Mulley, Corinne, 2018. "Multi-level governance in public transport: Governmental layering and its influence on public transport service solutions," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 430-437.
    4. Wretstrand, Anders & Holmberg, Bengt & Berntman, Monica, 2014. "Safety as a key performance indicator: Creating a safety culture for enhanced passenger safety, comfort, and accessibility," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 109-115.
    5. Epstein, Bryan & Givoni, Moshe, 2016. "Analyzing the gap between the QOS demanded by PT users and QOS supplied by service operators," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 622-637.
    6. Merkert, Rico & Hensher, David A., 2014. "Open access for railways and transaction cost economics – Management perspectives of Australia's rail companies," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 227-236.
    7. Wegelin, Philipp & von Arx, Widar, 2016. "The impact of alternative governance forms of regional public rail transport on transaction costs. Case evidence from Germany and Switzerland," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 133-142.
    8. Fabianski, Caroline, 2018. "Partnering for quality and performance: A standpoint for enhanced services," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 135-143.
    9. Canıtez, Fatih & Çelebi, Dilay, 2018. "Transaction cost economics of procurement models in public transport: An institutional perspective," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 116-125.
    10. Merkert, Rico & Mulley, Corinne & Hakim, Md Mahbubul, 2018. "Trade-offs between transaction cost, operation cost and innovation in the context of procurement and asset specificity – The example of the bus industry," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 173-179.
    11. Lidestam, Helene, 2014. "Sustainable bus transports through less detailed contracts," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 141-146.
    12. Hrelja, Robert & Rye, Tom & Mullen, Caroline, 2018. "Partnerships between operators and public transport authorities. Working practices in relational contracting and collaborative partnerships," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 116(C), pages 327-338.

  36. Merkert, Rico & Williams, George, 2013. "Determinants of European PSO airline efficiency – Evidence from a semi-parametric approach," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 29(C), pages 11-16.

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    1. Wu, Hanjun & Hong Tsui, Kan Wai & Ngo, Thanh & Lin, Yi-Hsin, 2020. "Impacts of aviation subsidies on regional wellbeing: Systematic review, meta-analysis and future research directions," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 215-239.
    2. Abreu, José & Fageda, Xavier & Jiménez, Juan Luis, 2018. "An empirical evaluation of changes in Public Service Obligations in Spain," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 1-10.
    3. Asker, Veysi, . "Analiza wyników finansowych przy użyciu metody Cobra opartej na metodzie Merec – zastosowanie do tradycyjnych i tanich linii lotniczych," Gospodarka Narodowa-The Polish Journal of Economics, Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie / SGH Warsaw School of Economics, vol. 2024(2).
    4. Antonio Martínez Raya & Víctor M. González-Sánchez, 2020. "Tender Management Relating to Imposition of Public Service Obligations on Scheduled Air Routes: An Approach Involving Digital Transformation of Procurement Procedures in Spain," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(13), pages 1-27, July.
    5. Merkert, Rico & O’Fee, Basil, 2013. "Efficient procurement of public air services—Lessons learned from European transport authorities' perspectives," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 29(C), pages 118-125.
    6. Sun, Xiaoqian & Wandelt, Sebastian & Zheng, Changhong & Zhang, Anming, 2021. "COVID-19 pandemic and air transportation: Successfully navigating the paper hurricane," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    7. Dariush Khezrimotlagh & Sepideh Kaffash, 2025. "Navigating Efficiency: Insights from One-Stage and Two-Stage DEA Modeling in the Airline Industry," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 351(2), pages 1451-1487, August.
    8. Yu, Ming-Miin & Rakshit, Ipsita, 2024. "How to establish input and output targets for airlines with heterogeneous production technologies: A nash bargaining DEA approach within the meta-frontier framework," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 116(C).
    9. Abate, Megersa & Christidis, Panayotis & Purwanto, Alloysius Joko, 2020. "Government support to airlines in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    10. Veysi Asker, 2024. "Financial Performance Analysis Using the Merec-Based Cobra Method: An Application to Traditional and Low-Cost Airlines," Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, issue 2, pages 35-52.
    11. Fageda, Xavier & Jiménez, Juan Luis & Valido, Jorge, 2016. "Does an increase in subsidies lead to changes in air fares? Empirical evidence from Spain," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 235-242.
    12. Wittman, Michael D., 2014. "Public funding of airport incentives in the United States: The efficacy of the Small Community Air Service Development Grant program," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 220-228.
    13. Kottas, Angelos T. & Madas, Michael A., 2018. "Comparative efficiency analysis of major international airlines using Data Envelopment Analysis: Exploring effects of alliance membership and other operational efficiency determinants," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 1-17.
    14. Evelin Krmac & Boban Djordjević, 2024. "Port environmental efficiency assessment using the one-stage and two-stage model DEA: comparison of Koper and Dublin ports," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 26(4), pages 10397-10427, April.
    15. Wittman, Michael D. & Allroggen, Florian & Malina, Robert, 2016. "Public service obligations for air transport in the United States and Europe: Connectivity effects and value for money," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 112-128.
    16. Merkert, Rico & Assaf, A. George, 2015. "Using DEA models to jointly estimate service quality perception and profitability – Evidence from international airports," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 42-50.
    17. Leão e Silva, Celso José & de Andrade, Maurício Oliveira & Falcão, Viviane Adriano & da Silva, Carlos Fabricio Assunção, 2022. "The geographical characteristics of subsidized air routes serving as lifelines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    18. Chen, Chialin & Achtari, Guyves & Majkut, Kevin & Sheu, Jiuh-Biing, 2017. "Balancing equity and cost in rural transportation management with multi-objective utility analysis and data envelopment analysis: A case of Quinte West," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 148-165.
    19. Tanrıverdi, Gökhan & Merkert, Rico & Karamaşa, Çağlar & Asker, Veysi, 2023. "Using multi-criteria performance measurement models to evaluate the financial, operational and environmental sustainability of airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 112(C).
    20. Stefan Gössling & Frank Fichert & Peter Forsyth, 2017. "Subsidies in Aviation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(8), pages 1-19, July.
    21. Salesi, Vinolia Kilinaivoni & Kan Tsui, Wai Hong & Fu, Xiaowen & Gilbey, Andrew, 2022. "Stakeholder perceptions of the impacts of aviation subsidies in the South Pacific Region," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    22. Yu, Ming-Miin & Rakshit, Ipsita, 2023. "Target setting for airlines incorporating CO2 emissions: The DEA bargaining approach," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    23. Fageda, Xavier & Jiménez, Juan Luis & Valido, Jorge, 2017. "An empirical evaluation of the effects of European public policies on island airfares," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 288-299.
    24. Calzada, Joan & Fageda, Xavier, 2014. "Competition and public service obligations in European aviation markets," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 104-116.
    25. Gordan Stojić & Dušan Mladenović & Olegas Prentkovskis & Slavko Vesković, 2018. "A Novel Model for Determining Public Service Compensation in Integrated Public Transport Systems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-20, August.
    26. Chen, Yilin & Hou, Meng & Wang, Kun & Yang, Hangjun, 2023. "Government interventions in regional airline markets based on aircraft size—Welfare and environmental implications," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 169(C).
    27. Merkert, Rico & Beck, Matthew J., 2020. "Can a strategy of integrated air-bus services create a value proposition for regional aviation management?," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 527-539.
    28. Merkert, Rico & Beck, Matthew, 2017. "Value of travel time savings and willingness to pay for regional aviation," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 29-42.
    29. Merkert, Rico & O’Fee, Basil, 2016. "Managerial perceptions of incentives for and barriers to competing for regional PSO air service contracts," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 22-33.
    30. Chen, Zhongfei & Tzeremes, Panayiotis & Tzeremes, Nickolaos G., 2018. "Convergence in the Chinese airline industry: A Malmquist productivity analysis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 77-86.
    31. Sugishita, Kashin & Mizutani, Hiroki & Hanaoka, Shinya, 2024. "Disruption and recovery of the US domestic airline networks during the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
    32. Heshmati, Almas & C. Kumbhakar, Subal & Kim, Jungsuk, 2016. "Persistent and Transient Efficiency of International Airlines," Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation 444, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies.

  37. Kappes, Jan Willem & Merkert, Rico, 2013. "Barriers to entry into European aviation markets revisited: A review and analysis of managerial perceptions," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 58-69.

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    2. Oliveira, Bruno F. & Oliveira, Alessandro V.M., 2022. "An empirical analysis of the determinants of network construction for Azul Airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
    3. Albalate, Daniel & Fageda, Xavier, 2016. "High speed rail and tourism: Empirical evidence from Spain," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 174-185.
    4. Castillo-Manzano, José I. & López-Valpuesta, Lourdes, 2014. "Living “up in the air†: Meeting the frequent flyer passenger," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 48-55.
    5. Wang, Junjin & Liu, Jiaguo & Zhang, Xin, 2020. "Service purchasing and market-entry problems in a shipping supply chain," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).
    6. Wang, Fan & Zhuo, Xiaopo & Niu, Baozhuang, 2017. "Strategic entry to regional air cargo market under joint competition of demand and promised delivery time," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 317-336.
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    8. Dobruszkes, Frédéric & Dehon, Catherine & Givoni, Moshe, 2014. "Does European high-speed rail affect the current level of air services? An EU-wide analysis," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 461-475.
    9. Daniel Albalate del sol, 2015. "Evaluating HSR availability on Tourism: Evidence from Spanish Provinces and Cities," ERSA conference papers ersa15p288, European Regional Science Association.
    10. Bergantino, Angela Stefania & Capozza, Claudia & Capurso, Mauro, 2015. "The impact of open access on intra- and inter-modal rail competition. A national level analysis in Italy," Working Papers 15_2, SIET Società Italiana di Economia dei Trasporti e della Logistica.
    11. Roma, Paolo & Zambuto, Fabio & Perrone, Giovanni, 2014. "Price dispersion, competition, and the role of online travel agents: Evidence from business routes in the Italian airline market," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 146-159.
    12. Zhang, Qiong & Yang, Hangjun & Wang, Qiang & Zhang, Anming, 2014. "Market power and its determinants in the Chinese airline industry," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 1-13.
    13. Daniel Albalate & Germá Bel, 2015. "La experiencia internacional en alta velocidad ferroviaria," Working Papers 2015-02, FEDEA.
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    15. Juan Carlos Garmendia-Mora & Lloyd Herbert Morris-Molina, 2022. "Comportamiento de precios en los mercados domésticos de pasajeros del transporte aéreo," Estudios Gerenciales, Universidad Icesi, vol. 38(164), pages 308-319.
    16. Merkert, Rico & O’Fee, Basil, 2016. "Managerial perceptions of incentives for and barriers to competing for regional PSO air service contracts," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 22-33.
    17. Merkert, Rico & Hensher, David A., 2013. "Regulation, trust and contractual incentives around transport contracts – Is there anything bus operators can learn from public air service contracts?," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 39(1), pages 67-78.
    18. Bukovac, Sergej & Douglas, Ian, 2019. "The potential impact of High Speed Rail development on Australian aviation," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 164-174.
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    15. Fageda, Xavier & Jiménez, Juan Luis & Valido, Jorge, 2017. "An empirical evaluation of the effects of European public policies on island airfares," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 288-299.
    16. Calzada, Joan & Fageda, Xavier, 2014. "Competition and public service obligations in European aviation markets," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 104-116.
    17. Gordan Stojić & Dušan Mladenović & Olegas Prentkovskis & Slavko Vesković, 2018. "A Novel Model for Determining Public Service Compensation in Integrated Public Transport Systems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-20, August.
    18. Merkert, Rico & Beck, Matthew J., 2020. "Can a strategy of integrated air-bus services create a value proposition for regional aviation management?," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 527-539.
    19. Merkert, Rico & Beck, Matthew, 2017. "Value of travel time savings and willingness to pay for regional aviation," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 29-42.
    20. Merkert, Rico & O’Fee, Basil, 2016. "Managerial perceptions of incentives for and barriers to competing for regional PSO air service contracts," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 22-33.
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  40. Nelson, John D. & Merkert, Rico, 2013. "Workshop 1: Performance measurement and compliance," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 39(1), pages 46-49.

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    6. Augustyniak, Wojciech & López-Torres, Laura & Kalinowski, Sławomir, 2015. "Performance of Polish regional airports after accessing the European Union: Does liberalisation impact on airports' efficiency?," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 11-19.
    7. Tsui, Wai Hong Kan & Gilbey, Andrew & Balli, Hatice Ozer, 2014. "Estimating airport efficiency of New Zealand airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 78-86.
    8. Kan Tsui, Wai Hong & Balli, Hatice Ozer & Gilbey, Andrew & Gow, Hamish, 2014. "Operational efficiency of Asia–Pacific airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 16-24.
    9. Myung Je Lee & Changhee Kim, 2018. "A network DEA aeronautical and non-aeronautical production model: an application to South Korea airports," Journal of Economic Structures, Springer;Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS), vol. 7(1), pages 1-12, December.
    10. Lázaro Florido-Benítez, 2022. "The Safety-Hygiene Air Corridor between UK and Spain Will Coexist with COVID-19," Logistics, MDPI, vol. 6(3), pages 1-22, July.
    11. Liu, Dan, 2016. "Measuring aeronautical service efficiency and commercial service efficiency of East Asia airport companies: An application of Network Data Envelopment Analysis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 11-22.
    12. Gutiérrez, Ester & Lozano, Sebastián, 2016. "Efficiency assessment and output maximization possibilities of European small and medium sized airports," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 3-14.
    13. Merkert, Rico & Assaf, A. George, 2015. "Using DEA models to jointly estimate service quality perception and profitability – Evidence from international airports," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 42-50.
    14. Thomas, Nivea & Jha, Kumar Neeraj, 2022. "Structural efficiency assessment of regional airports: Lessons from India," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    15. Weekx, Simon & Buyle, Sven, 2023. "The effect of airline dominance on airport performance: Empirical evidence from medium-sized European airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    16. Fernández, Xose Luis & Gundelfinger, Javier & Coto-Millán, Pablo, 2022. "The impact of logistics and intermodality on airport efficiency," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 124(C), pages 233-239.
    17. Chen, Chialin & Achtari, Guyves & Majkut, Kevin & Sheu, Jiuh-Biing, 2017. "Balancing equity and cost in rural transportation management with multi-objective utility analysis and data envelopment analysis: A case of Quinte West," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 148-165.
    18. Sergi, S. Bruno & D’Aleo, Vittorio & Arbolino, Roberta & Carlucci, Fabio & Barilla, David & Ioppolo, Giuseppe, 2020. "Evaluation of the Italian transport infrastructures: A technical and economic efficiency analysis," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    19. Song, Yongkang & Li, Yanhua & Ke, Hanchen & Zhao, Keyan, 2025. "Study on the subsidy efficiency of small and medium-sized airports in China based on social economic impact," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
    20. Fragoudaki, Alexandra & Giokas, Dimitriοs & Glyptou, Kyriaki, 2016. "Efficiency and productivity changes in Greek airports during the crisis years 2010–2014," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 306-315.
    21. Fernandes, Elton & Pacheco, Ricardo Rodrigues, 2018. "Managerial performance of airports in Brazil before and after concessions," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 245-257.
    22. Kaya, Gizem & Aydın, Umut & Karadayı, Melis Almula & Ülengin, Füsun & Ülengin, Burç & İçken, Ayhan, 2022. "Integrated methodology for evaluating the efficiency of airports: A case study in Turkey," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 127(C), pages 31-47.
    23. Pamucar, Dragan & Özçalıcı, Mehmet & Gurler, Hasan Emin, 2025. "Evaluation of the efficiency of world airports using WENSLO-ARTASI and Monte-Carlo simulation," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 124(C).
    24. Gavilan, José M. & Ortega, Francisco J., 2020. "Productive efficiency analysis of quantitative economics journals through Stochastic Frontier Analysis using panel data || Análisis de eficiencia productiva de revistas de economía cuantitativa a través del análisis de frontera estocástica utilizando," Revista de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y la Empresa = Journal of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Administration, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Administration, vol. 30(1), pages 297-311, December.
    25. Gajewicz, Šukasz & Walaszczyk, Ewa & Nadolny, Michał & Nowosielski, Krzysztof, 2022. "Criteria of quality assessment of regional airport services - A very last picture before the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    26. Ahn, Young-Hyo & Min, Hokey, 2014. "Evaluating the multi-period operating efficiency of international airports using data envelopment analysis and the Malmquist productivity index," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 12-22.
    27. Bezerra, George C.L. & Gomes, Carlos F., 2018. "Performance measurement practices in airports: Multidimensionality and utilization patterns," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 113-125.
    28. Richardson, Charles & Budd, Lucy & Pitfield, David, 2014. "The impact of airline lease agreements on the financial performance of US hub airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 1-15.

  43. Merkert, Rico & Cowie, Jonathan, 2012. "A quantitative cross-modal analysis of transportation firms’ transaction costs – Are airlines any different?," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 22(C), pages 3-8.

    Cited by:

    1. Jonathan Cowie & Sarah Loynes, 2012. "An assessment of cost management regimes in British rail infrastructure provision," Transportation, Springer, vol. 39(6), pages 1281-1299, November.
    2. Merkert, Rico & Mulley, Corinne & Hakim, Md Mahbubul, 2018. "Trade-offs between transaction cost, operation cost and innovation in the context of procurement and asset specificity – The example of the bus industry," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 173-179.
    3. Mahtani, Umesh S. & Garg, Chandra Prakash, 2018. "An analysis of key factors of financial distress in airline companies in India using fuzzy AHP framework," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 87-102.
    4. Merkert, Rico & Williams, George, 2013. "Determinants of European PSO airline efficiency – Evidence from a semi-parametric approach," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 29(C), pages 11-16.

  44. Rico Merkert & Andrew S. J. Smith & Chris A. Nash, 2012. "The Measurement of Transaction Costs - Evidence from European Railways," Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, University of Bath, vol. 46(3), pages 349-365, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Gunnar Alexandersson & Matts Andersson & Anders Bondemark & Staffan Hultén, 2023. "Neither market nor hierarchy—coordination costs in the allocation of track capacity in the Swedish railway network," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 94(1), pages 221-239, March.
    2. Huang, Wencheng & Zhang, Yue & Shuai, Bin & Xu, Minhao & Xiao, Wei & Zhang, Rui & Xu, Yifei, 2019. "China railway industry reform evolution approach: Based on the Vertical Separation Model," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 546-556.
    3. José A. Gómez-Ibáñez, 2016. "Open Access to Infrastructure Networks: The Experience of Railroads," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 49(2), pages 311-345, September.
    4. Nakamura, Eri & Sakai, Hiroki & Shoji, Kenichi, 2018. "Managerial transfers to reduce transaction costs among affiliated firms: Case study of Japanese railway holding companies," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 102-110.
    5. Mizutani, Fumitoshi, 2020. "A comparison of vertical structural types in the railway industry: A simple mathematical explanation model," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    6. Juranek, Steffen, 2015. "Creating a National Champion: International Competition and Unbundling in Rail Transportation," Discussion Papers 2015/18, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Business and Management Science.
    7. Merkert, Rico & Hakim, Md Mahbubul, 2022. "Travel agency transaction costs in airline value chains – A risk in distribution channels in South Asia?," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    8. Nash, Chris A. & Smith, Andrew S.J. & van de Velde, Didier & Mizutani, Fumitoshi & Uranishi, Shuji, 2014. "Structural reforms in the railways: Incentive misalignment and cost implications," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 16-23.
    9. Emmanuel, Bougna Tchofo & Crozet, Yves, 2014. "Beyond the “bundling vs unbundling” controversy: What is at stake for the French railway?," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 393-400.
    10. Merkert, Rico & Hensher, David A., 2014. "Open access for railways and transaction cost economics – Management perspectives of Australia's rail companies," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 227-236.
    11. DE BORGER, Bruno & PROOST, Stef, 2015. "Tax and regulatory policies for European transport - getting there, but in the slow lane," Working Papers 2015009, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Business and Economics.
    12. Fumitoshi Mizutani & Andrew Smith & Chris Nash & Shuji Uranishi, 2014. "Comparing the Costs of Vertical Separation, Integration, and Intermediate Organisational Structures in European and East Asian Railways," Discussion Papers 2014-37, Kobe University, Graduate School of Business Administration.
    13. Andersson, Matts & Hultén, Staffan, 2016. "Transaction and transition costs during the deregulation of the Swedish Railway market," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 349-357.
    14. Wang, Yixiao & Wang, Kun & Pels, Eric & Wu, Jianhong, 2025. "Railway deregulation in the west and east: The impacts of organizational structure patterns on air-HSRs competition," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 200(C).
    15. Lerida-Navarro, Carlos & Nombela, Gustavo & Tranchez-Martin, Jose M., 2019. "European railways: Liberalization and productive efficiency," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 57-67.
    16. Desmaris, Christian, 2014. "The reform of passenger rail in Switzerland: More performance without competition," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 290-297.
    17. Christian Desmaris & Guillaume Monchambert, 2021. "Regional Passenger Rail Efficiency: Measurement and Explanation in the case of France," Post-Print halshs-03118747, HAL.
    18. Nakamura, Eri & Sakai, Hiroki, 2020. "Does vertical integration facilitate coordination between infrastructure management and train operating units in the rail sector? Implications for Japanese railways," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
    19. Benedetto, Valerio & Smith, Andrew S.J. & Nash, Chris A., 2017. "Evaluating the roles and powers of rail regulatory bodies in Europe: A survey-based approach," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 116-123.
    20. Volodymyr Bobyl & Oleksii Matusevych & Maryna Dron & Artem Taranenko, 2024. "The concept of forming a system of change management in the domain of railroad passenger transportation in Ukraine under the conditions of war," Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, PC TECHNOLOGY CENTER, vol. 1(13 (127)), pages 14-21, February.
    21. Chris Nash, 2013. "Rail transport," Chapters, in: Mattias Finger & Torben Holvad (ed.), Regulating Transport in Europe, chapter 3, pages 61-81, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    22. Álvarez-SanJaime, Óscar & Cantos-Sánchez, Pedro & Moner-Colonques, Rafael & Sempere-Monerris, Jose J., 2024. "Efficiency versus market power in the rail industry," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    23. Merkert, Rico & Nash, Chris A., 2013. "Investigating European railway managers’ perception of transaction costs at the train operation/infrastructure interface," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 14-25.

  45. Heike Link & Rico Merkert, 2011. "Success Factors And Pitfalls Of Regional Rail Franchising In Germany," Articles, International Journal of Transport Economics, vol. 38(2).

    Cited by:

    1. Hunold, Matthias & Wolf, Christoph, 2013. "Competitive procurement design: Evidence from regional passenger railway services in Germany," ZEW Discussion Papers 13-009, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    2. Link, Heike, 2016. "A Two-Stage Efficiency Analysis of Rail Passenger Franchising in Germany," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 50(1), pages 76-92.
    3. Juan J. Montero, 2014. "Rail Transport: A Balance Sheet," EUI-RSCAS Working Papers p0413, European University Institute (EUI), Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (RSCAS).
    4. Nash, Chris & Nilsson, Jan-Eric & Link, Heike, 2011. "Comparing three models for introduction of competition into railways – is a Big Wolf so Bad after all?," Working papers in Transport Economics 2011:19, CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI).
    5. Juan Montero & Matthias Finger & Teodora Serafimova, 2022. "Progressive tendering of regional railway services," RSCAS Working Papers 2022/61, European University Institute.
    6. Christian Desmaris & Guillaume Monchambert, 2021. "Regional Passenger Rail Efficiency: Measurement and Explanation in the case of France," Post-Print halshs-03118747, HAL.
    7. Link, Heike, 2019. "The impact of including service quality into efficiency analysis: The case of franchising regional rail passenger serves in Germany," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 284-300.

  46. Merkert, Rico & Hensher, David A., 2011. "The impact of strategic management and fleet planning on airline efficiency - A random effects Tobit model based on DEA efficiency scores," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 45(7), pages 686-695, August.

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    2. Seufert, Juergen Heinz & Arjomandi, Amir & Dakpo, K. Hervé, 2017. "Evaluating airline operational performance: A Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen productivity indicator," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 52-68.
    3. Brida, Juan Gabriel & Deidda, Manuela & Pulina, Manuela, 2014. "Tourism and transport systems in mountain environments: analysis of the economic efficiency of cableways in South Tyrol," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 1-11.
    4. Liu, Dan & Zhang, Jiahuang & Yu, Ming-Miin, 2023. "Decomposing airline profit inefficiency in NDEA through the non-competitive Nerlovian profit inefficiency model," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    5. Filip Premik & Dan Yu, 2026. "The Costs of Fleet Variety," Monash Economics Working Papers 2026-03, Monash University, Department of Economics.
    6. Chang, Young-Tae & Zhang, Ning & Danao, Denise & Zhang, Nan, 2013. "Environmental efficiency analysis of transportation system in China: A non-radial DEA approach," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 277-283.
    7. Holden, R. & Xu, B. & Greening, P. & Piecyk, M. & Dadhich, P., 2016. "Towards a common measure of greenhouse gas related logistics activity using data envelopment analysis," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 91(C), pages 105-119.
    8. Filip Premik & Dan Yu, 2026. "The Costs of Fleet Variety," Monash Economics Working Papers 2026-01, Monash University, Department of Economics.
    9. Merkert, Rico & Swidan, Hassan, 2019. "Flying with(out) a safety net: Financial hedging in the airline industry," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 127(C), pages 206-219.
    10. Asker, Veysi, . "Analiza wyników finansowych przy użyciu metody Cobra opartej na metodzie Merec – zastosowanie do tradycyjnych i tanich linii lotniczych," Gospodarka Narodowa-The Polish Journal of Economics, Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie / SGH Warsaw School of Economics, vol. 2024(2).
    11. O'Connell, John F. & Avellana, Raquel Martinez & Warnock-Smith, David & Efthymiou, Marina, 2020. "Evaluating drivers of profitability for airlines in Latin America: A case study of Copa Airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    12. Yakath Ali, Nurul Syuhadah & Yu, Chunyan & See, Kok Fong, 2021. "Four decades of airline productivity and efficiency studies: A review and bibliometric analysis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    13. Albers, Sascha & Daft, Jost & Stabenow, Sebastian & Rundshagen, Volker, 2020. "The long-haul low-cost airline business model: A disruptive innovation perspective," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    14. Nikos Chatzistamoulou & Phoebe Koundouri, 2020. "Environmental Efficiency, Productive Performance and Spillover Effects under heterogeneous Environmental Awareness Regimes," DEOS Working Papers 2013, Athens University of Economics and Business.
    15. Saranga, Haritha & Nagpal, Rajiv, 2016. "Drivers of operational efficiency and its impact on market performance in the Indian Airline industry," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 165-176.
    16. Duygun, Meryem & Prior, Diego & Shaban, Mohamed & Tortosa-Ausina, Emili, 2016. "Disentangling the European airlines efficiency puzzle: A network data envelopment analysis approach," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 2-14.
    17. Kyuwan Choi & Jinkwon Kim, 2024. "Measuring Hotel Service Productivity Using Two-Stage Network DEA," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(20), pages 1-24, October.
    18. Chuanxu Wang & Xiaohan Dou & Hercules Haralambides, 2022. "Port centrality and the Composite Connectivity Index: Introducing a new concept in assessing the attractiveness of hub ports," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 24(1), pages 67-91, March.
    19. Kanghwa Choi & DonHee Lee & David Olson, 2015. "Service quality and productivity in the U.S. airline industry: a service quality-adjusted DEA model," Service Business, Springer;Pan-Pacific Business Association, vol. 9(1), pages 137-160, March.
    20. Veysi Asker, 2024. "Financial Performance Analysis Using the Merec-Based Cobra Method: An Application to Traditional and Low-Cost Airlines," Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, issue 2, pages 35-52.
    21. Simar, Léopold & Wilson, Paul W., 2020. "Technical, allocative and overall efficiency: Estimation and inference," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 282(3), pages 1164-1176.
    22. Swidan, Hassan & Merkert, Rico, 2019. "The relative effect of operational hedging on airline operating costs," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 70-77.
    23. Ki Han Song & Solsaem Choi & Ik Hyun Han, 2020. "Competitiveness Evaluation Methodology for Aviation Industry Sustainability Using Network DEA," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-16, December.
    24. Zou, Bo & Elke, Matthew & Hansen, Mark & Kafle, Nabin, 2014. "Evaluating air carrier fuel efficiency in the US airline industry," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 306-330.
    25. Cao, Qian & Lv, Jinfeng & Zhang, Jun, 2015. "Productivity efficiency analysis of the airlines in China after deregulation," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 135-140.
    26. Arjomandi, Amir & Dakpo, K. Hervé & Seufert, Juergen Heinz, 2018. "Have Asian airlines caught up with European Airlines? A by-production efficiency analysis," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 116(C), pages 389-403.
    27. Alsaleh, Mohd & Abdul-Rahim, A.S., 2018. "Determinants of cost efficiency of bioenergy industry: Evidence from EU28 countries," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 127(C), pages 746-762.
    28. Filip Premik & Dan Yu, 2026. "The Costs of Fleet Variety," Monash Economics Working Papers 2026-02, Monash University, Department of Economics.
    29. Filip Premik & Dan Yu, 2026. "The Costs of Fleet Variety," Monash Economics Working Papers 2026-04, Monash University, Department of Economics.
    30. Barros, Carlos Pestana & Wanke, Peter, 2015. "An analysis of African airlines efficiency with two-stage TOPSIS and neural networks," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 44, pages 90-102.
    31. Li, Ye & Wang, Yan-zhang & Cui, Qiang, 2015. "Evaluating airline efficiency: An application of Virtual Frontier Network SBM," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 1-17.
    32. Kan Tsui, Wai Hong & Balli, Hatice Ozer & Gilbey, Andrew & Gow, Hamish, 2014. "Operational efficiency of Asia–Pacific airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 16-24.
    33. Dothang Truong, 2025. "Assessing the Economic Sustainability of Airlines in the U.S. Through Labor Efficiency," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(10), pages 1-29, May.
    34. Pearson, James & Merkert, Rico, 2014. "Airlines-within-airlines: A business model moving East," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 21-26.
    35. Kappes, Jan Willem & Merkert, Rico, 2013. "Barriers to entry into European aviation markets revisited: A review and analysis of managerial perceptions," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 58-69.
    36. Zeng, Shihong & Jiang, Chunxia & Ma, Chen & Su, Bin, 2018. "Investment efficiency of the new energy industry in China," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 536-544.
    37. Montacer Ben Cheikh Larbi & Sina Belkhiria, 2024. "Absolute Technical Efficiency Indices," Papers 2404.04590, arXiv.org.
    38. Cui, Qiang & Li, Ye & Yu, Chen-lu & Wei, Yi-Ming, 2016. "Evaluating energy efficiency for airlines: An application of Virtual Frontier Dynamic Slacks Based Measure," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 1231-1240.
    39. Chang, Young-Tae & Lee, Suhyung & Park, Hyosoo (Kevin), 2017. "Efficiency analysis of major cruise lines," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 78-88.
    40. Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2012. "Measuring seaports’ productivity: A Malmquist productivity index decomposition approach," MPRA Paper 40174, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    41. Li, Ye & Wang, Yan-zhang & Cui, Qiang, 2016. "Has airline efficiency affected by the inclusion of aviation into European Union Emission Trading Scheme? Evidences from 22 airlines during 2008–2012," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 8-22.
    42. Maria Cristina N. Gramani, 2011. "Impact of regional airline’s efficiency: a country-specific study over successive time periods," Business and Economics Working Papers 127, Unidade de Negocios e Economia, Insper.
    43. Yu, Ming-Miin & Chang, Yu-Chun & Chen, Li-Hsueh, 2016. "Measurement of airlines’ capacity utilization and cost gap: Evidence from low-cost carriers," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 186-198.
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    45. Wanke, Peter & Barros, C.P., 2016. "Efficiency in Latin American airlines: A two-stage approach combining Virtual Frontier Dynamic DEA and Simplex Regression," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 93-103.
    46. Gramani, Maria Cristina N., 2011. "Impact of regional airline’s efficiency: a country-specific study over successive time periods," Insper Working Papers wpe_259, Insper Working Paper, Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa.
    47. Kottas, Angelos T. & Madas, Michael A., 2018. "Comparative efficiency analysis of major international airlines using Data Envelopment Analysis: Exploring effects of alliance membership and other operational efficiency determinants," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 1-17.
    48. Chen, Zhongfei & Wanke, Peter & Antunes, Jorge Junio Moreira & Zhang, Ning, 2017. "Chinese airline efficiency under CO2 emissions and flight delays: A stochastic network DEA model," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 89-108.
    49. Merkert, Rico & Ploix, Boris, 2014. "The impact of terminal re-organisation on belly-hold freight operation chains at airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 78-84.
    50. Mallikarjun, Sreekanth, 2015. "Efficiency of US airlines: A strategic operating model," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 46-56.
    51. Barak, Sasan & Dahooei, Jalil Heidary, 2018. "A novel hybrid fuzzy DEA-Fuzzy MADM method for airlines safety evaluation," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 134-149.
    52. Merkert, Rico & Assaf, A. George, 2015. "Using DEA models to jointly estimate service quality perception and profitability – Evidence from international airports," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 42-50.
    53. Amir Moradi-Motlagh & Ali Emrouznejad, 2022. "The origins and development of statistical approaches in non-parametric frontier models: a survey of the first two decades of scholarly literature (1998–2020)," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 318(1), pages 713-741, November.
    54. Aydın, Umut & Karadayi, Melis Almula & Ülengin, Füsun, 2020. "How efficient airways act as role models and in what dimensions? A superefficiency DEA model enhanced by social network analysis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    55. Tsionas, Mike G. & Chen, Zhongfei & Wanke, Peter, 2017. "A structural vector autoregressive model of technical efficiency and delays with an application to Chinese airlines," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 101(C), pages 1-10.
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    57. Leonard A. Jackson, 2015. "Market Reaction to Bidder Announcements of Horizontal Mergers in an Oligopolistic Industry: Evidence from the US Airline Industry," Tourism Economics, , vol. 21(6), pages 1255-1271, December.
    58. Laharish Guntuka, 2022. "Inter-Firm ESG Rivalry: A Competitive Dynamics View," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(20), pages 1-17, October.
    59. Aziz Kutlar & Ali Kabasakal & Murat Sarikaya, 2013. "Determination of the efficiency of the world railway companies by method of DEA and comparison of their efficiency by Tobit analysis," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 47(6), pages 3575-3602, October.
    60. Tanrıverdi, Gökhan & Merkert, Rico & Karamaşa, Çağlar & Asker, Veysi, 2023. "Using multi-criteria performance measurement models to evaluate the financial, operational and environmental sustainability of airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 112(C).
    61. Ha, Hun Koo & Kaneko, Shinji & Yamamoto, Masashi & Yoshida, Yuichiro & Zhang, Anming, 2017. "On the discrepancy in the social efficiency measures between parametric and non-parametric production technology identification," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 9-14.
    62. Narcizo, Rodolfo R. & Oliveira, Alessandro V.M. & Dresner, Martin E., 2020. "An empirical model of airline fleet standardization in Brazil: Assessing the dynamic impacts of mergers with an events study," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 149-160.
    63. Cui, Qiang & Li, Ye, 2015. "Evaluating energy efficiency for airlines: An application of VFB-DEA," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 44, pages 34-41.
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