This paper provides the first analysis of the trade-off between convenient flight connections and airport congestion. A …

The likely resurgence of air traffic in the U.S. means that airport congestion is a problem that must soon be … theory says that the congestion tolls levied on the various airlines at a particular airport should generally be different …, with the tolls being inversely related to a carrier s airport flight share. Internalization of airport congestion is the …

Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, repeated airport closures due to potential security breaches have … irregular operations. Our results indicate that while outcomes of flights scheduled during airport closures are difficult to … likelihood of continued security-related airport closings, understanding the factors that determine schedule recovery is …

’ home addresses to measure airport proximity, we find the risk of low birth weight babies increases by 17 percent among … mothers living near the airport in the direction of the runway. We utilize exogenous variation in noise exposure triggered by …