We use a difference-in-difference estimator to examine the effects of a merger involving three airlines. The novelty …

full-service carrier by a low-cost airline in Brazil. We account for the bankrupt carrier's survival network design … uncover survival pricing behavior stemming from SNDS and a permanent price drop induced by the merger, shedding light on the … role of bankruptcy protection in the airline industry …

We study the consumer welfare effects of mergers in airline networks. Based on the development of a general … America West Airlines - US Airways merger completed in 2005. We find that although average prices increased substantially on … routes in which both airlines competed either on a non-stop or one-stop basis prior to the merger, substantial average price …

We study the consumer welfare effects of mergers in airline networks. Based on the development of a general … America West Airlines - US Airways merger completed in 2005. We find that although average prices increased substantially on … routes in which both airlines competed either on a non-stop or one-stop basis prior to the merger, substantial average price …

We analyze the effect of four US airline mergers using three retrospective techniques: standard difference … developed merger-retrospective methodologies. Each method compares an outcome of interest, such as price, in a set of ``treated …'' markets where a merger occurred to a set of ``control'' markets that are unaffected by the merger. The three methodologies …

This paper examines US airline mergers between 1993 and 2018 and studies their impact on the labor market. Our … findings are consistent with the impact of merger-induced monopsony power discussed in recent literature and offer important …

of the most important mergers in the U.S. airline industry, namely the 2013 American Airlines – US Airways merger …The objective of this study is to provide evidence on the accuracy of merger simulation methods, which have become … predict the effects of the merger under scrutiny. Lastly, the forecast is evaluated ex post using data from the period …

This paper examines the issue of market foreclosure by airline partnerships with antitrust immunity. Overlapping the … data on frequency of service and passenger volumes on nonstop routes on the transatlantic airline market with the … information on dynamics of airline partnerships, we find evidence consistent with the airlines operating under antitrust immunity …

We examine the issue of market foreclosure by airline partnerships with antitrust immunity. Overlapping data on … frequency of service and passenger volumes on non-stop transatlantic routes with information on the dynamics of airline … possible market foreclosure effects into account when assessing the competitive effects of antitrust immunity for airline …

This paper examines the issue of market foreclosure by airline partnerships with antitrust immunity. Overlapping the … data on frequency of service and passenger volumes on nonstop routes on the transatlantic airline market with the … information on dynamics of airline partnerships, we find evidence consistent with the airlines operating under antitrust immunity …