competition among large countries (US/EU) to negotiate preferential arrangements with smaller countries or regions will lower …

U.S. airlines have lost nearly $60 billion (2009 dollars) in domestic markets since deregulation, most of it in the … that challenges the economics of deregulation. I examine some of the most common explanations among industry participants …, analysts, and researchers -- including high taxes and fuel costs, weak demand, and competition from lower-cost airlines …

have occurred in pricing, service, and competition in the 28 years since deregulation. We then examine some of the major … public policy issues facing the industry: (a) the sustainability of competition and volatility of airline profits, (b …

, defined as deregulation in the product markets and liberalization and deregulation in the labor markets. After reviewing the …

We examine the impact of Chinese import competition on patenting, IT, R&D and TFP using a panel of up to half a million …-specific quotas following China's entry into the World Trade Organization. Chinese import competition had two effects: first, it led … account for around 15% of European technology upgrading between 2000-2007. Rising Chinese import competition also led to falls …

role of an active market for corporate control and of competition in banking integration. European listed banks … profitability appears to converge to a common level. There is weak evidence that competition eliminates high profits for these banks …