have occurred in pricing, service, and competition in the 28 years since deregulation. We then examine some of the major …

on three issues. First, it offers a clean test of contestable market theory. Second, it provides evidence on the level of …

business cycle conditions at the time of deregulation significantly affect adjustment. A reduction of firing costs entails …

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 …

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 …

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 …

firms by estimating the effect of the pre-deregulation level of" leverage on the survival of trucking firms after the Carter … deregulation. Highly leveraged" carriers are less likely to survive the deregulation shock, even after controlling for various … charge after deregulation. " …