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This paper investigates the effects of different forms of price regulation on airport efficiency. Our investigation takes into account the interaction between concession profits and price regulations. Our results show that while ROR regulation may lead to over-investment in capacity, price-cap...
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This paper develops a theoretical model to investigate the effect of airline alliances on market outcome for fairly general demand and cost specifications. Two typical alliance types are examined: complementary and parallel alliances. The complementary alliance refers to the case where two firms...
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In this paper, the effects of the strategic interaction between deregulated airlines on their network choice are analyzed. The authors examine whether switching from a linear to a hub-spoke network confers a strategic advantage because it saves costs and improves service quality. They find that,...
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This paper deals with the socially optimal pricing of airports in a hub-and-spoke network, taking into account explicitly the fact that demands for airport services at hub airport and spoke airports are complementary. It is shown that a welfare gain is to be made by switching from the regime of...
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This paper shows that when the policy of financial break-even is implemented, “strict†financial break-even on an annual, or even short-run, basis may not be socially desirable. To maximize social welfare, airports should be allowed to take losses, or make profits, at different times...
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This paper provides a general discussion of various issues related to the liberalization of air cargo services in international aviation. It shows that all-cargo carriers may have different routing needs than passenger carriers and thus require different sets of air traffic rights from those...
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Bringing together insights and perspectives from close to 70 of the world’s leading experts in the field, this timely Handbook provides an up-to-date guide to the most recent and state-of-the-art advances in transport economics. The comprehensive coverage includes topics such as the...
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