strategy. We find that, controlling for industry- and country-specific characteristics, the most productive firms (i.e., those …

unbundling. The theory predicts that an airline’s fares should fall when it introduces a bag fee, but that the full trip price …This paper provides theory and evidence on airline bag fees, offering insights into a real-world case of product …

variables approach, the paper estimates flight-frequency reaction functions, which relate an airline’s frequency on a route to …This paper investigates strategic interaction among airlines in product-quality choices. Using an instrumental … its own characteristics and to the frequencies of competing airlines. A positive reaction function slope is found in some …

This paper offers the first formal economic analysis of carve-outs under airline antitrust im- munity. Carve-outs are …

This paper explores the effect of airline emissions charges on airfares, airline service quality, aircraft design … features, and network structure, using a detailed and realistic theoretical model of competing duopoly airlines. These impacts … charges will alter airline choices. The results show that emission charges will raise fares, reduce flight frequency, increase …

This paper explores the effects of a European airline merger followed by a consolidation of two competing international … alliances. The exercise has been inspired by the Air France-KLM merger, which is expected to spur consolidation of the Northwest …-KLM and SkyTeam alliances into a single mega-alliance. The results of the analysis show that, although the airlines benefit …

This paper explores the impact of airport noise regulation on airline service quality and airfares. It also … characterizes the socially optimal stringency of noise limits, taking both noise damage and the various costs borne by airlines and …

This paper presents a simple model of airline schedule competition that circumvents the complexities of the spatial …

theory says that the congestion tolls levied on the various airlines at a particular airport should generally be different …