The international transfer pricing norm is the "arm"s length " standard where prices are set as if related parties were transacting as unrelated parties. The modem theory of the firm, however, argues that the types of transactions that take place within firms differ significantly from market...

This paper examines the factors affecting prices in the North America banana market. There are substantial price differences between brand name and "generic" companies, and among branded companies. Key questions are what causes these price differences, how are they related to the brand-names of...

This paper investigates why passengers pay substantially different fares for travel on the same airline between the same two airports. We investigate questions that are fundamentally different from those in the existing literature on airline price dispersion. We use a unique new dataset to test...

This dissertation investigates the effect of market concentration on nonlinearpricing strategies in the airline industry. The study develops a theoretical nonlinearpricing model with both discrete product and consumer types to derive testable implications about the impact of market concentration...

This paper investigates why passengers pay substantially different fares for travel on the same airline between the same two airports. We investigate questions that are fundamentally different from those in the existing literature on airline price dispersion. We use a unique new dataset to test...

This paper uses a unique individual transactions data set to investigate the effects of internet purchase on the prices paid for airline tickets. The analysis also investigates the effects of changes in the percentage of online transactions on both online and offline prices and on price...

This paper uses transaction data to investigate the effects of Internet purchase on airline fares. Our data include ticket characteristics, restrictions, flight load factors, and dates and channel of purchase. Controlling for ticket and flight characteristics, online purchasers pay about 11...

type="main" xml:lang="en" <p>This paper empirically examines the effect of competitive conditions on nonlinear pricing strategies in the airline industry. We use a unique data set to analyze the impact of concentration and the competitive pressures generated by Southwest and other low cost carriers...</p>