backwards ownership leads to increasing downstream prices and is more profitable, as long as competition is sufficiently …

This paper analyses the effects of minimum wages on competition in the German roofing sector. The case is particularly … competition for this group of firms and helped them to increase profitability. The increasing share of sole traders may indicate … wage. In the western part of the country minimum wages had no impact on competition. …

last decade and must be considered as the main driver of competition in the domestic U.S. airline industry. …

-varying covariates, we find that JetBlue consistently avoided concentrated airports and targeted concentrated routes; network economies … analysis reveals that the carrier focused on thicker routes and secondary airports, thereby avoiding direct confrontation with …

expansion of low-cost carriers must be considered as the main driver of competition in the domestic U.S. airline industry. …

partner airlines' hub airports by 2.6-8.5 percent (depending on the specification and estimation technique involved). Our … information on dynamics of airline partnerships, we find evidence consistent with the airlines operating under antitrust immunity … refusing to accept connecting passengers from the carriers outside of the partnership at respective hub airports. When an …

We investigate the competitive effects of the merger between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines (2009) in the …