This paper presents results of an econometric study study of intercity travel demands in Canada, 1961-1976. A translog form of reciprocal indirect utility function is used to test the structure of preferences in five demand sectors: three travel modes, goods and other services. Travel sector...

<title>Abstract</title> Many surveys have attempted to convey and synthesize the information of hundreds of studies on automobile fuel demand. In most cases, the focus has been placed in giving assessments of the most likely values of various elasticities, particularly price and income, while trying to explain...

This paper compares unit cost competitiveness of the world's 22 major airlines over the 1986-93 period. First, a unit cost index for aggregate output is computed via a multilateral index procedure. A translog variable cost function is estimated and used to decompose the unit cost differentials...

This paper measures and compares the performance of 10 major North American airlines in terms of residual total factor productivity, cost competitiveness, and residual average yields during the period 1990-2001. Our key findings are: (a) the airlines in North American improved productive...