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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151860403321

Autore

Tabacco Giovanni Alberto

Titolo

Airline Economics : An Empirical Analysis of Market Structure and Competition in the US Airline Industry / / by Giovanni Alberto Tabacco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-46729-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 78 p. 5 illus.)

Collana

Palgrave Pivot

Disciplina

338.6

Soggetti

Industrial organization

Regional economics

Spatial economics

Leadership

Tourism

Management

Economic theory

Industrial Organization

Regional/Spatial Science

Business Strategy/Leadership

Tourism Management

Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Airline City Pair Market as Natural Oligopolies -- 3. Market Size, Firm Numbers and Market Share Asymmetry -- 4. Entry and Market Sharing Agreements in the U.S. Airline Industry -- 5. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents an original empirical investigation of the market structure of airline city pair markets, shedding new light on the workings of competitive processes between firms. Examining a cross-section of US airline city pairs, Tabacco proposes for the first time that the industry can be understood as a natural oligopoly, each airline market being dominated by one to three airline carriers regardless of



market size. The author questions the extent to which airlines deliberately prevent head-to-head competition within city pair markets, and draws intriguing conclusions about competitive forces from the observed market structure. Uncovering some of the main corporate strategies of the airline industry, the book is of immediate relevance to industry managers and practitioners, as well as academic economists. Giovanni Tabacco is Assistant Professor of Economics at Swansea University School of Management, Wales. Prior to this he worked in the Economics Department of the University of Bologna, Italy. His research interests include industrial organization, experimental economics and competition policy, and competition economics.