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Following a brief review of the U.S. domestic airline industry under regulation (1938-1978), we study the changes that … public policy issues facing the industry: (a) the sustainability of competition and volatility of airline profits, (b …
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This papers analyzes dispersion in the prices that an airline charges to different customers on the same route. Such … variation in airlines fares is substantial: the expected absolute difference in fares between two of an airline's passengers on … a route averages thirty-six percent of the airline's average ticket price on the route. The pattern of price dispersion …
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The safety of the commercial airline industry has attracted considerable public attention and debate since economic … deregulation of the industry in 1978. These concerns have energized economic research on three aspects of airline safety. First …, has the level of airline safety declined since deregulation? Research on this topic investigates whether heightened public …
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last decade. More than 30 years after domestic airline markets were deregulated, the dismal financial record is a puzzle …
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Airline transport generates a growing share of global greenhouse gas emissions but as of late 2016, this sector has not … have invested in human and physical capital and an inventory of parts to maintain these vehicles. Each airline chooses …
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The one-shot nature of most theoretical models of strategic investment, especially those based on asymmetric information, limits our ability to test whether they can fit the data. We develop a dynamic version of the classic Milgrom and Roberts (1982) model of limit pricing, where a monopolist...
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We estimate a model of service choice and price competition in airline markets, allowing for the carriers that provide …
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. The turmoil in the U.S. airline industry has triggered much of the public policy discussion, as some observers have argued … and their rivals. The data suggest that an airline's prices typically decline somewhat before it files for bankruptcy … bankrupt airline lower their prices, however, nor that they lose passengers to their bankrupt rival. These results indicate …
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The airline industry's current financial crisis has raised concerns over the ramifications of airline bankruptcies for … air service offered, not the number of flights offered by a particular airline. We study all major U.S. airline … recognizing that competing airlines may increase service in response to a reduction in flights by a bankrupt airline. We do not …
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We use a theory of apologies to design a nationwide field experiment involving 1.5 million Uber ridesharing consumers who experienced late rides. Several insights emerge from our field experiment. First, apologies are not a panacea: the efficacy of an apology and whether it may backfire depend...
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