Concentration and price trends in the US domestic airline industry: 1990-2000

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-101

  Lee, Darin ^a  

^a Law and Economics Consulting Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Airlines; Market power; Networks; Transportation

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; PRICE DYNAMICS; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037369098     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-6997(02)00046-7     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Borenstein, S., 1989. Hubs and high fares: dominance and market power in the US airline industry. RAND Journal of Economics 20, 344-365.
2. Borenstein, S., 1992. The evolution of US airline competition. Journal of Economic Perspectives 6, 45-73.
3. Brock, J.W., 2000. Industry update: airlines. Review of Industrial Organization 16, 41-51.
4. Brueckner, J., 2000. The economics of international codesharing: an analysis of airline alliances. International Journal of Industrial Organization 19, 1475-1498.
5. Brueckner, J., 2002. Airport congestion when carriers have market power. American Economic Review, in preparation.
6. Brueckner, J., Whalen, T., 2000. The price effects of international airline alliances. Journal of Law and Economics 43, 503-545.
7. Evans, W., Kessides, I., 1993a. Localized market power in the US airline industry. Review of Economic Studies 75, 66-75.
8. Evans, W., Kessides, I., 1993b. Structure, conduct, and performance in the deregulated airline industry. Southern Economic Journal 59, 450-467.
9. Gordon, R., Jenkins, D., 2000. Hub and spoke network pricing in the Northwest Airlines domestic system. Unpublished Manuscript, Department of Economics, Northwestern University. Evanston, IL.
10. Lee, D., Luengo Prado, M., 2002. The impact of passenger mix on reported hub premiums in the US airline industry. Unpublished Manuscript, Cambridge, MA.
11. Morrison, S.A., 2001. Actual, adjacent and potential competition: estimating the full effect of Southwest Airlines. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy 35, 239-256.
12. Morrison, S., Winston, C., 1995. The Evolution of the Airline Industry. The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC.
13. Park, J.H., Zhang, A., 2000. An empirical analysis of global airline alliances: cases in the North Atlantic markets. Review of Industrial Organization 16, 367-384.
14. Transportation Research Board, 1999. Entry and competition in the US airline industry: issues and opportunities. National Research Council. Special Report 255, Washington, DC.
15. US Department of Transportation, 1990. Airports, air traffic control, and related concerns. Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Secretary's Task Force on Competition in the US Domestic Airline Industry, Washington, DC.
16. US Department of Transportation, 2000. Air fare premiums at hub airports: a review of the evidence. Office of System and Economic Assessment, Volpe Center, Office of Planning and Special Projects, Cambridge, MA.
17. US Department of Transportation, 2001. Dominated hub fares. Domestic Aviation Competition Series, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, Washington, DC.
18. US General Accounting Office, 1990. Airline competition: higher Fares and reduced competition at concentrated airports. July 1990, GAO/RCED 90-102, Washington, DC.