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How Airline Markets Work...Or Do They? Regulatory Reform in the Airline Industry
Borenstein, Severin - 2007
have occurred in pricing, service, and competition in the 28 years since deregulation. We then examine some of the major …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012775910
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The Impact of Deregulation on the Employment and Wages of Airline Mechanics
Card, David - 2021
This paper describes the effects of deregulation on negotiated wage rates and employment levels of aircraft mechanics … real wage rates since deregulation,and only recent increases in interfirm wage differentials. Employment growth rates, on …-entrant airlines. The data suggest that deregulation resulted in a transfer of 5000-7000 maintenance jobs from the incumbent trunks to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218973
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Deregulation and Labor Earnings in the Airline Industry
Card, David - 2022
This paper uses a variety of data sources to study the effect of deregulation on the structure of wages in the airline … deregulation, with roughly similar declines for industry-specific occupations (pilots and flight attendants) and general …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013308329
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The Euro and Structural Reforms
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2010
, defined as deregulation in the product markets and liberalization and deregulation in the labor markets. After reviewing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012758159
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The Economic Future of Europe
Blanchard, Olivier J. - 2021
After three years of near stagnation, the mood in Europe is definitely gloomy. Many doubt that the European model has a future. In this paper, I argue that things are not so bad, and there is room for optimism. Over the last thirty years, productivity growth has been much higher in Europe than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013243948
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Competitive Liberalization and a Us-Sacu FTA
Whalley, John; Leith, J. Clark - 2022
This paper evaluates a possible US-SACU (Southern African Customs Union) free trade agreement as part of a US approach to new preferential trade agreements characterized by the term competitive liberalization.' This is the idea that competition among large countries (US/EU) to negotiate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324133
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On the Persistent Financial Losses of U.S. Airlines : A Preliminary Exploration
Borenstein, Severin - 2011
U.S. airlines have lost nearly $60 billion (2009 dollars) in domestic markets since deregulation, most of it in the … that challenges the economics of deregulation. I examine some of the most common explanations among industry participants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130786
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Unilateral Tariff Liberalisation
Baldwin, Richard - 2010
Unilateral tariff liberalisation by developing nations is pervasive but our understanding of it is shallow. This paper strives to partly redress this lacuna on the theory side by introducing three novel political economy mechanisms with particular emphasis is on the role of production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135235
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Estimating the Impact of Restructuring on Electricity Generation Efficiency : The Case of the Indian Thermal Power Sector
Cropper, Maureen - 2011
We examine the impact of electricity sector restructuring on the operating efficiency of coal-fired power plants in India. Between 1995 and 2009, 85 percent of coal-based generation capacity owned by state governments was unbundled from vertically integrated State Electricity Boards into state...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120321
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Deregulation, Consolidation, and Efficiency : Evidence from U.S. Nuclear Power
Davis, Lucas W. - 2011
markets. Deregulation has been accompanied by substantial market consolidation and today the three largest companies control … more than one-third of all U.S. nuclear capacity. We find that deregulation and consolidation are associated with a 10 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121046