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Gans, Joshua S. - 2017

quality - measured by on-time performance - deteriorates, especially when the airline operates a large share of the flights in …

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Platform as a Rule Maker : Evidence from Airbnb's Cancellation Policies

Jia, Jian; Jin, Ginger Zhe; Wagman, Liad - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Digital platforms are not only match-making intermediaries but also establish internal rules that govern all users in their ecosystems. To better understand the governing role of platforms, we study two Airbnb pro-guest rules that pertain to guest and host cancellations, using data on Airbnb and...

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Competition and Quality : Evidence from High-Speed Railways and Airlines

Fang, Hanming - 2020

of HSR leads to significant reductions in the mean and variance of travel delays on the affected airline routes. Second …

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Liquidation Values and the Credibility of Financial Contract Renegotiation : Evidence from U.S. Airlines

Benmelech, Efraim - 2008

and estimate it using data on the airline industry in the United States. We find that airlines successfully renegotiate … fleet is low. Our results show that strategic renegotiation is common in the airline industry. Moreover, the results …

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Collateral Pricing

Benmelech, Efraim - 2008

We examine how collateral affects the cost of debt capital. Theories based on borrower moral hazard and limited pledgeable income predict that collateral increases the availability of credit and reduces its price. Testing these theories is complicated by the very selection problem which they...

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How Airline Markets Work...Or Do They? Regulatory Reform in the Airline Industry

Borenstein, Severin - 2007

Following a brief review of the U.S. domestic airline industry under regulation (1938-1978), we study the changes that … public policy issues facing the industry: (a) the sustainability of competition and volatility of airline profits, (b …

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The Impact of Management Practices on Employee Productivity : A Field Experiment with Airline Captains

Gosnell, Greer K. - 2019

Increasing evidence indicates the importance of management in determining firms' productivity. Yet, causal evidence regarding the effectiveness of management practices is scarce, especially for high-skilled workers in the developed world. In an eight-month field experiment measuring the...

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How do Incumbents Respond to the Threat of Entry? Evidence from the Major Airlines

Goolsbee, Austan - 2005

We examine how incumbents respond to the threat of entry by competitors (as distinct from how they respond to actual entry). We look specifically at passenger airlines, using the evolution of Southwest Airlines' route network to identify particular routes where the probability of future entry...

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Airline Schedule Recovery after Airport Closures : Empirical Evidence Since September 11th

Rupp, Nicholas G. - 2003

Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, repeated airport closures due to potential security breaches have imposed substantial costs on travelers, airlines, and government agencies in terms of flight delays and cancellations. Using data from the year following September 11th, this study...

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Do Airline Bankruptcies Reduce Air Service?

Borenstein, Severin - 2003

The airline industry's current financial crisis has raised concerns over the ramifications of airline bankruptcies for … air service offered, not the number of flights offered by a particular airline. We study all major U.S. airline … recognizing that competing airlines may increase service in response to a reduction in flights by a bankrupt airline. We do not …

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