Accidents, Airline safety perceptions and consumer demand

Author First name, Last name, Institution

Jay Squalli, Zayed University
Mohsen Saad, American University of Sharjah

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

Journal of Economics and Finance

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Abstract

This paper assesses the impact of perceptions about the safety level of airlines on enplanement. Consumer perceptions are specified with a Poisson distribution that updates over time. Using two different empirical specifications via a pooled generalized least squares procedure with fixed effects; we find no statistical evidence of a correlation between the perceived level of safety and enplanement. However, under an alternative specification in which the severity levels of accidents are ranked, we find that safety perceptions about accidents with minor injuries have no statistically significant impact on enplanement, while perceptions about accidents with serious injuries and fatalities lead to cumulative decreases in enplanement.

DOI Link

10.1007/bf02752736

ISSN

1055-0925

Publisher

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Volume

30

Issue

3

First Page

297

Last Page

305

Disciplines

Business

Scopus ID

57449093621

Recommended Citation

Squalli, Jay and Saad, Mohsen, "Accidents, Airline safety perceptions and consumer demand" (2006). All Works. 331.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/331

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no