This paper offers the first formal economic analysis of carve-outs under airline antitrust im- munity. Carve-outs are …

This article provides evidence from the airline industry on the competitive effects of grants of antitrust immunity by … regulatory agencies to certain joint venture agreements. In the airline industry, the U.S. Department of Transportation retains … airline alliances, which are marketing joint ventures between carriers worldwide. The evidence based on data for the period …

This paper explores, both theoretically and empirically, the impact of granting antitrust immunity (ATI) to airline …

Convenient scheduling, characterized by adequate flight frequency, is the main quality attribute for airline services …. However, the effect of airline alliances on this important dimension of service quality has received almost no attention in …

Convenient scheduling, characterized by adequate flight frequency, is the main quality attribute for airline services …. However, the effect of airline alliances on this important dimension of service quality has received almost no attention in …

This paper analyzes the impact of varying degrees of airline cooperation on nonstop and connecting international …), although these reductions are not significantly larger than those generated by airline alliances without immunity, while JVs … “online” travel with a single airline. For nonstop passengers, we find that ATI and JV cooperation between airlines does not …

Unlike other industries, significant changes in the airline industry have not mainly occurred due to technological … consequence of the deregulation wave which dates back to liberalization of airline sector in the United States in 1978, the … airline sector has gone through drastic changes. Certain procedures and practices pertaining to the airline sector, including …