How should airports be regulated to contain market power? This round table proceedings first examines whether they need to be regulated at all. It concludes that because regulation is inevitably imperfect and costly, policy makers should establish conditions for competition to emerge between...

This paper was prepared as a background note for a discussion held in June 2014 by the OECD Competition Committee on Airline Competition with the aim of examining the main competition issues in the sector and how competition enforcement authorities have been dealing with them.

The OECD Competition Committee debated airline mergers and alliances in October 1999. This document includes an executive summary and the documents from the meeting: an analytical note by the OECD, written submissions from Australia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway,...

The quality of corporate governance regulations matters. If they are well designed, they can help governments achieve important policy objectives, such as higher levels of investment, increased productivity and better business sector dynamics. But for this to happen, the rules and regulations...

This paper summarizes, structures, and provides some context for discussions of the Round Table mentioned in the title. The first part of the paper focuses on sources of market power for airports and on policy responses. When an airport is congested and competition with other airports is...

How should airports be regulated to contain market power? This round table proceedings first examines whether they need to be regulated at all. It concludes that because regulation is inevitably imperfect and costly, policy makers should establish conditions for competition to emerge between...

The OECD Competition Committee debated competition policy and international airport services in June 1997. This document includes an executive summary, an analytical note by the OECD staff and written submissions from Australia, Austria, Canada, the European Commission, Germany, Hungary, Italy,...