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26 sty 2023 · This study simulates some typical scenarios with reference to a merger between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines. A merger model is developed to determine the price and flight frequency endogenously. A demand function is based on the discrete-choice behavior of passengers.
In this paper, we evaluate the e ect on prices and consumer surplus of the merger between American Airlines and US Airways through the estimation of a structural model of the US domestic airline industry. In doing so, we propose an ex-post evaluation of this merger.
a DOJ suit to block the American–US Airways merger appears to be a stark change with regard to past antitrust policy. 14. The State filed suit to block the American–US Airways deal, claiming the merger violated Section 7 of the Clayton Act. 15. The DOJ complaint relied upon the three anticompetitive effects penned in the
We use administrative data from the US airline industry to evaluate firm quality based on the on-time performance of millions of flights over a decade. Specifically, we study three major airline mergers that took place in the last decade: US Airways–America West, Delta–Northwest, and United–Continental.
1 wrz 2014 · The U.S. Airways–America West merger provides an example of a complex, strategic action that simultaneously impacts firm size, unit pricing and costs, efficiency, and capacity for the combining airlines.
We simulate a merger between American and US Airways and find that product repositioning and postmerger outcomes depend on how we model the characteristics of the merged firm as a function of the pre-merger firms’ characteristics. I. Introduction.
The American Antitrust Institute (AAI) has conducted an independent review of the proposed merger between Delta Air Lines (Delta) and Northwest Airlines (Northwest). Announced on April 14, 2008,2 the $3.1 billion deal will create the largest airline in the U.S. and the world.3 The transaction comes at a time when the U.S. airline industry is ...
