This paper offers the first formal economic analysis of carve-outs under airline antitrust im- munity. Carve-outs are designed to limit the potential anticompetitive effects of cooperation by alliance partners in hub-to-hub markets, where they provide overlapping nonstop service. While the paper...

Der Markt für Flugverkehr ist durch einen intensiven Wettbewerb gekennzeichnet. Dabei handelt es sich um eine Branche, die traditionell durch eine hohe Regulierungsdichte gekennzeichnet war. Im Zuge der Liberalisierung erhöhte sich der Wettbewerbsdruck weiter. Korrespondierend veränderten...

"U.S. airlines have lost nearly $60 billion (2009 dollars) in domestic markets since deregulation, most of it in the last decade. More than 30 years after domestic airline markets were deregulated, the dismal financial record is a puzzle that challenges the economics of deregulation. I examine...