We empirically test implications from location theory using the location of Los Angeles-area
gasoline stations in physical space and in the space of product attributes. We consider the …

When facing a growth in demand, airlines tend to respond more by means of increasing
frequencies than by increasing aircraft size. At many of the world's largest airports there are …

We study the relationship between competition and quality within a spatial competition
framework where firms compete in prices and quality. We generalise existing literature on …

This paper analyzes the effect of universal service policies on the airline markets of five
European Union countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) in the …

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the relationship between
frequency of scheduled transportation services and their substitutability with personal …

We examine the impact of the universal service policy that was applied to the Spanish airline
market during the period 2001–2009. Our analysis shows that routes that benefit from price …

There is a striking contrast between the significance of Harold Hotelling's contribution to
industrial economics and the fact that his location model was invalid, unrealistic and non …

This paper examines the influence of network airline bankruptcy (and consequently its
market exit) on prices and route frequencies. Specifically, the 2011 case of Spanair is …

We develop a dynamic model of price and quality competition in order to analyze the effects
of competition on quality provision and to which extent an unregulated market is able to …

This article critically evaluates Itzhak Gilboa, Andrew Postlewaite, Larry Samuelson, and
David Schmeidler's account of economic models. First, it gives a selective overview of their …