airline alliances. We show that the gains from economies of density due to higher interline traffic under the alliance … airline alliance subject to a carve-out …

This paper offers the first formal economic analysis of carve-outs under airline antitrust im- munity. Carve-outs are …

variables approach, the paper estimates flight-frequency reaction functions, which relate an airline's frequency on a route to … multimarket contact generates mutual forbearance in frequency competition, finding no evidence for such an effect …

This paper presents a simple model of airline schedule competition that circumvents the complexities of the spatial …

This paper provides theory and evidence on airline bag fees, offering insights into a real-world case of product … unbundling. The theory predicts that an airline’s fares should fall when it introduces a bag fee, but that the full trip price …

This paper explores the impact of airport noise regulation on airline service quality and airfares. It also …

an airline's total fuel usage to seven variables: the available ton miles of capacity (passengers plus freight and mail …) provided by the airline; the average seat capacity of its aircraft, average stage length (flight distance); average load factor … (measured by weight); the average vintage (construction year) of its aircraft; the percentage of the airline's flights that are …

, the monopoly airline chooses to narrow the gap between its flights, yielding shorter layovers but more congestion. A …