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Domestic market power in the international airline industry

Jong, Gjalt de; Behrens, Christiaan; Herk, H. van; … - 2016

We posit and empirically test the hypothesis that airlines are able to charge a fare premium in markets that originate in their domestic country relative to similar markets that originate in foreign countries. To this end, we focus on intercontinental one-stop air travel trips for which the...

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Do European carriers dominate their hubs?

Lijesen, Mark G.; Rietveld, Piet; Nijkamp, Peter - 2000

We analyze the phenomenon of hub dominance by developing a model relating faresto distance, using the mainleg of intercontinental flights for scaling purposes. Our results indicate thatat least some of the major Europeancarriers place a mark up on flights originating from or going to their hubs.

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Loyalty programs and consumer behaviour : the impact of FFPs on consumer surplus

Behrens, Christiaan; McCaughey, Nathalie - 2015

Frequent Flier Programs (FFPs) are said to impact airline consumer behaviour such that revenue of sponsoring airlines increases. Prior research relies on aggregate industry data to study FFPs. We examine the impact of FFPs on individual consumer behaviour in a quasi-natural experimental set-up...

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International airline codesharing and consumer choice behavior : misconceptions vs. quality signals

Jong, Gerben de; Behrens, Christiaan; Herk, Hester van; … - 2018

We examine the impact of airline codesharing on consumer choice behavior in non-stop international route markets. Using stated preference data, we document that consumer valuation of flights by alien foreign carriers is significantly higher if these flights are offered as codeshare products by...

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Optimal pricing of flights and passengers at congested airports : the efficiency of atomistic charges

Silva, Hugo E.; Verhoef, Erik T. - 2011

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Airline route structure competition and network policy

Silva, Hugo Emilo; Verhoef, Erik T.; Berg, Vincent A. … - 2013

This paper studies whether a regulator needs to correct the route structure choice by carriers with market power in the presence of congestion externalities, in addition to correct their pricing. We account for passenger benefits from increased frequency, passenger connecting costs, airline...

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The impact of airline mergers on quality : why do different mergers have such different effects?

Rijken, Daniel; Berg, Vincent A. C. van den - 2017 - Version of 22 Augustus 2017

We investigate the impacts of five airline mergers on one quality dimension, namely route frequency. We use monthly data on routes between the largest 64 US cities from 1999 to 2016. On average, the mergers decrease the frequency, but there are large differences between the five mergers. We...

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The total size of an airline and the quality of its flights

Montfort, Joep van; Berg, Vincent A. C. van den - 2017 - Version of 16 October 2017

We examine the relationship between the total size of an airline and its service quality by analysing over 4.8 million domestic flights within the USA in 2016. The total size of an airline is measured by its total market share, total amount of assets or total number of full-time equivalent...

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Search and the city

Teulings, Coen N.; Gautier, Pieter - 2002

search for a job-type that matches their skill. They face a trade-off between match quality and the cost of extended search …. This trade-off differs between regions, because search is more efficient in larger regions. Then, interregional mobility … and trade lead to a pattern of specialization where large scale regions have a comparative advantage in producing …

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Pricing, consumer search and the size of internet markets

Janssen, Maarten C. W.; Moraga-González, José Luis - 2000

betweenfirms,thereby lowering prices and increasing economic welfare. This paperpresents a search model that provides a different …, but reduce prices when consumers search intensityis high. These different comparative statics results may explain themixed …

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