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Appendix II: Analysis of Factors Associated<br />

with Aviati<strong>on</strong> Fuel <strong>Prices</strong><br />

Table 9: 100 Low Lead (100LL) Pricing Regressi<strong>on</strong> C<strong>on</strong>sidering Both Nearby and<br />

On-Airport Competiti<strong>on</strong> (Towered-Airports Dataset)<br />

Variable<br />

Price of full-service 100LL<br />

Intercept<br />

4.63 c<br />

Airport operati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

0.022 c<br />

L<strong>on</strong>gest runway<br />

0.028 b<br />

East Coast States = 1<br />

0.25 c<br />

Per-capita income in county<br />

0.0083 a<br />

Per-capita income in county squared -0.000021<br />

Populati<strong>on</strong> in county<br />

0.0040 b<br />

Large-chain FBO operates at airport = 1<br />

0.67 c<br />

Self-service 100LL available at airport<br />

-0.107 b<br />

At airport more than <strong>on</strong>e FBO = 1<br />

-0.112 b<br />

Competiti<strong>on</strong> from nearby airports 0.00065<br />

Observati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

R-square<br />

Source: <str<strong>on</strong>g>GAO</str<strong>on</strong>g> analysis of fixed base operator (FBO) fuel price data. | <str<strong>on</strong>g>GAO</str<strong>on</strong>g>-20-16<br />

a indicates coefficient is statistically different from zero at the 10-percent level, b indicates coefficient is<br />

statistically different from zero at the 5-percent level and c indicates coefficient is statistically different<br />

from zero at the 1-percent level.<br />

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<str<strong>on</strong>g>GAO</str<strong>on</strong>g>-20-16 Airports

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