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Vertical differentiation and airline alliances: The effect of antitrust immunity

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    Identificador: imarina:6389799
    Autores:
    Fageda XFlores-Fillol RLin M
    Resumen:
    © 2020 Elsevier B.V. This paper explores the impact of granting antitrust immunity (ATI) to airline alliances in a novel and realistic framework characterized by vertically-differentiated air services. Our theoretical model suggests that non-ATI alliances result in higher quality services at higher fares, whereas granting ATI produces the opposite effect. Using data on the transatlantic market over the period 2010–2017, our theoretical findings on service quality are empirically confirmed. We also relate our theoretical predictions on fares to the empirical results in Brueckner and Singer (2019). Our results indicate that alliances (ATI and non-ATI) concentrate a higher proportion of frequencies on high-quality routings, although airport congestion could mitigate this effect.
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    Autor según el artículo: Fageda X; Flores-Fillol R; Lin M
    Departamento: Economia
    Autor/es de la URV: Flores Fillol, Ricardo
    Palabras clave: Vertical differentiation Quality Price-competition Networks Mergers Markets International airfares Double marginalization Congestion Carriers Antitrust immunity Alliance Airport congestion Agreements
    Resumen: © 2020 Elsevier B.V. This paper explores the impact of granting antitrust immunity (ATI) to airline alliances in a novel and realistic framework characterized by vertically-differentiated air services. Our theoretical model suggests that non-ATI alliances result in higher quality services at higher fares, whereas granting ATI produces the opposite effect. Using data on the transatlantic market over the period 2010–2017, our theoretical findings on service quality are empirically confirmed. We also relate our theoretical predictions on fares to the empirical results in Brueckner and Singer (2019). Our results indicate that alliances (ATI and non-ATI) concentrate a higher proportion of frequencies on high-quality routings, although airport congestion could mitigate this effect.
    Áreas temáticas: Urban studies Human geography and urban studies Geografia i urbanisme Geografía Environmental studies Economics and econometrics Economics Economia Ciencias sociales Business and management
    ISSN: 01660462
    Direcció de correo del autor: ricardo.flores@urv.cat
    Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-3506-1634
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-07-27
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166046219302479
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Regional Science And Urban Economics. 81 (103517):
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Fageda X; Flores-Fillol R; Lin M (2020). Vertical differentiation and airline alliances: The effect of antitrust immunity. Regional Science And Urban Economics, 81(103517), -. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.103517
    DOI del artículo: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.103517
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2020
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
  • Palabras clave:

    Economics,Economics and Econometrics,Environmental Studies,Urban Studies
    Vertical differentiation
    Quality
    Price-competition
    Networks
    Mergers
    Markets
    International airfares
    Double marginalization
    Congestion
    Carriers
    Antitrust immunity
    Alliance
    Airport congestion
    Agreements
    Urban studies
    Human geography and urban studies
    Geografia i urbanisme
    Geografía
    Environmental studies
    Economics and econometrics
    Economics
    Economia
    Ciencias sociales
    Business and management
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