AER (version 1.2-9)

USAirlines: Cost Data for US Airlines

Description

Cost data for six US airlines in 1970--1984.

Usage

data("USAirlines")

Format

A data frame containing 90 observations on 6 variables.

firm

factor indicating airline firm.

year

factor indicating year.

output

output revenue passenger miles index number.

cost

total cost (in USD 1000).

price

fuel price.

load

average capacity utilization of the fleet.

References

Greene, W.H. (2003). Econometric Analysis, 5th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

See Also

Greene2003

Examples

# NOT RUN {
data("USAirlines")

## Example 7.2 in Greene (2003)
fm_full <- lm(log(cost) ~ log(output) + I(log(output)^2) + log(price) + load + year + firm,
  data = USAirlines)
fm_time <- lm(log(cost) ~ log(output) + I(log(output)^2) + log(price) + load + year,
  data = USAirlines)
fm_firm <- lm(log(cost) ~ log(output) + I(log(output)^2) + log(price) + load + firm,
  data = USAirlines)
fm_no <- lm(log(cost) ~ log(output) + I(log(output)^2) + log(price) + load, data = USAirlines)

## Table 7.2
anova(fm_full, fm_time)
anova(fm_full, fm_firm)
anova(fm_full, fm_no)

## alternatively, use plm()
library("plm")
usair <- pdata.frame(USAirlines, c("firm", "year"))
fm_full2 <- plm(log(cost) ~ log(output) + I(log(output)^2) + log(price) + load,
  data = usair, model = "within", effect = "twoways")
fm_time2 <- plm(log(cost) ~ log(output) + I(log(output)^2) + log(price) + load,
  data = usair, model = "within", effect = "time")
fm_firm2 <- plm(log(cost) ~ log(output) + I(log(output)^2) + log(price) + load,
  data = usair, model = "within", effect = "individual")
fm_no2 <- plm(log(cost) ~ log(output) + I(log(output)^2) + log(price) + load,
  data = usair, model = "pooling")
pFtest(fm_full2, fm_time2)
pFtest(fm_full2, fm_firm2)
pFtest(fm_full2, fm_no2)

## More examples can be found in:
## help("Greene2003")
# }