-reducing effort. Using a non-nested test and observations on the largest European airlines between 1985 and 1999, we show the …

In this paper we examine the causal impact of competition on management quality. We analyze the hospital sector where … geographic proximity is a key determinant of competition, and English public hospitals where political competition can be used to … management quality - measured using a new survey tool - is strongly correlated with financial and clinical outcomes such as …

In this paper we specify and estimate a structural model which accounts for competition in two variables: capacity and …-cat strategy. In other words, European airlines over-invest in capacities in order to be less aggressive. Moreover, we find that … competition is not accounted for. …

The paper develops a numerical simulation model to assess the possible consequences of competition on inter … very substantial efficiency gains from competition. …

an EU directive intends, from charging differential prices to airlines? Our major findings are: (a) an increase in … countervailing power, via an increase in downstream concentration, typically lowers landing fees, but depends on the competition … regime between airlines and whether airports can price discriminate: airline concentration reduces the landing fee when …

. The assumption that airlines compete on price allows us to take advantage of the observational equivalence between … Bertrand competition and the reverse English auction. We then apply an MLE method, developed by Paarsch (1997) for estimating … to be 4.3 percent higher, which is likely related to more effcient revenue management practice by alliance partners …

entry. But in oligopolistic markets, the mechanisms whereby potential competition can discipline the behaviour of incumbent … develops a model in which potential competition has no direct effect upon the pricing behaviour of incumbents, but affects the … entry barrier, as well as helping firms to segment the market in a way that blunts the force of price competition. These …

enterprises for the period 1998 through 2007 to test for complementarity between competition and industrial policy. A main … competition-friendly and therefore more growth-enhancing. …