We investigate the effect of competition on price dispersion in the airline industry. Using panel data from 1993 to … 2008, we find a non-monotonic effect of competition on price dispersion. An increase in competition is associated with …

multimarket contact generates mutual forbearance in frequency competition, finding no evidence for such an effect. -- airlines …

dispersion increases with competition. We find that competition has a negative effect on price dispersion, in line with the … traditional textbook treatment of price discrimination. Specifically, the effects of competition on price dispersion are most … routes with a more homogeneous customer base, the effects of competition on price discrimination are largely insignificant …

In this paper we study the impact of competition on the provision of quality in the US airline industry. Using changes … in competition triggered by LCC entry and airline mergers, we find that an increase in competition increases the … previous findings in the literature, our evidence suggests that an increase in competition unambiguously increases consumer …

multimarket contact generates mutual forbearance in frequency competition, finding no evidence for such an effect. …

in the US airline industry. Our results are based on the estimation of a dynamic oligopoly game of network competition …

dispersion increases with competition. We find that competition has a negative effect on price dispersion, in line with the … traditional textbook treatment of price discrimination. Specifically, the effects of competition on price dispersion are most … routes with a more homogeneous customer base, the effects of competition on price discrimination are largely insignificant …