Arbeitspapier
Airline networks, mergers, and consumer welfare
We study the consumer welfare effects of mergers in airline networks. Based on the development of a general classification of affected routes, we apply a difference-indifferences approach to exemplarily investigate the price effects of the 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 reductions observed for routes without any premerger overlap suggest that the merger led to a net increase in consumer welfare.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 13-028
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Antitrust Issues and Policies: General
Air Transportation
- Thema
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Airline industry
merger
market power
consumer welfare
price effects
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Hüschelrath, Kai
Müller, Kathrin
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
- (wo)
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Mannheim
- (wann)
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2013
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-337141
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Hüschelrath, Kai
- Müller, Kathrin
- Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
Entstanden
- 2013
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