to passengers of increased competition between airlines may be (more than) absorbed by the unregulated airports through …Liberalisation has affected all parts of the air travel industry, with airports as well as airlines increasingly run on … commercial lines. This paper models interactions between airports and airlines to show that, for example, the potential benefits …

This paper tests whether product market competition affects vertical integration through the price channel. The … variation in competition within the coal mining industry. We document a 28% reduction in the incidence of vertical integration … among the treatment group following exposure to more product market competition. Consistent with recent organizational …

to competition. This paper analyzes whether the policy has allowed airlines to design efficient contractual and … at German airports are largely supportive of this proposition. …

growing congestion levels currently experienced at many airports. Several characteristics of aviation markets, however, may … model of airport pricing that captures a number of these features. The model in particular reflects (1) that airlines … typically have market power and are engaged in oligopolistic competition at different sub-markets; (2) that part of external …

countervailing power, via an increase in downstream concentration, depends on the competition regime between airlines and whether … airports can price discriminate: airline concentration reduces the landing fee when downstream competition is in quantities …, but if downstream competition is in prices only where airports cannot discriminate. Furthermore, only in a specific case …

an EU directive intends, from charging differential input prices to airlines? We set out a model of upstream airports and … joint ownership of airports? Does airline countervailing power stop airports raising fees? Should airports be prohibited, as … downstream airlines with varying countervailing power and pricing structures. Our major findings are: (a) an increase in upstream …

regime between airlines and whether airports can price discriminate: airline concentration reduces the landing fee when … downstream competition is in quantities, but if downstream competition is in prices landing fees fall only where airports cannot … joint ownership of airports? Does airline countervailing power stop airports raising fees? Should airports be prohibited, as …

We investigate the sustainability of vertical contracts between airports and airlines. We focus on the case of Quantity … period game, since contracts often include clauses that determine obligations for airlines and airports to be accomplished in … maximizes joint profits and airports commit to advertise the airlines and to rebate charges – are not sustainable. The …

congestion levels currently experienced at many airports. Several characteristics of aviation markets, however, may make naive … pricing that captures a number of these features. The model in particular reflects (1) that airlines typically have market … power and are engaged in oligopolistic competition at different sub-markets; (2) that part of external travel delays that …