The paper analyses the problem of allocating landing slots at congested airports from an economic perspective. First, it considers the implications of an absence of market clearing prices, after which it examines the arguments for and against a secondary market in slots particularly drawing upon...

This paper questions the need for a special regulatory framework for European airports in the light of recent developments in the relationship between airlines and airports. Three factors underlie the changed relationship. These are: the creation of a single European aviation market; the...

Every year the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School publish a volume of essays about Britain's system of utility regulation, with additional discussion of regulation in other countries. The book is a must for those interested in regulation, because it is an up-to-date...

This book is the latest annual review of utility regulation and deregulation, published in association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School

This paper draws on a recent report from Copenhagen Economics, with which both authors were involved, to argue that the European airport market has changed such that airports are now subject to competitive constraints from a number of sources. While these will bite differentially according to...