Over a 22-year period the US signed 108 bilateral “Open Skies Agreements” that
significantly liberalized international trade in passenger aviation services. We study how …

Abstract The United States has negotiated bilateral open skies agreements to deregulate
airline competition on US international routes, but little is known about their effects on …

The relevance of transport costs has increased as liberalization continues to reduce artificial
barriers to trade. Countries need to adopt policies to “get closer” to global markets. Can …

In this paper we develop a methodology to quantify the value to consumers of the non-price
characteristics of airline networks. Our research demonstrates that analyses that ignore the …

This paper presents evidence on the nature of competition in the post-deregulation US air
travel market. It begins with an historical review of the US market since deregulation. An …

Aviation policy constantly makes the newspaper headlines with pilot or ground staff strikes,
accidents, and mergers. What usually gets omitted from the papers is the role aviation …

We develop a differentiated Bertrand high speed rail and airline network game which
analyzes the effects of international air transport liberalization, regional open skies policies …

This paper discusses how various aviation infrastructure service providers have dealt with
the fall off in airline traffic following the terrorist attacks in the US on September 11th. It …

This paper estimates the effects of code-sharing, antitrust immunity, and Open Skies treaties
on prices, output, and capacity using an eleven-year panel of US-Europe data. Code …

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of liberal bilateral agreements on some
European air routes in terms of price competition and market structure. I propose a model …