The effects of Southwest Airlines on U.S. airline markets

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Creator	Richards, Krista
Abstract	This paper involved the estimation of a series of fare equations in order to ascertain the effects of actual and potential competition by Southwest on markets for air travel. The results indicate that pricing strategies differ depending on Southwest's presence on a route, which is not consistent with the theory that airline markets are contestable. Concentration is not a determinant of airfares when a general specification is adopted. This indicates that: other route characteristics need to be taken into account to evaluate the competitiveness of a route.
Resource Type	Masters Thesis
Date Available	2012-11-02T21:59:14+00:00
Date Issued	1996-04-25
Degree Level	Master's
Degree Name	Master of Science (M.S.)
Degree Field	Economics
Degree Grantor	Oregon State University
Commencement Year	1996
Advisor	McMullen, B. Starr
Academic Affiliation	Economics
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Graduate School
Subject	Southwest Airlines Co. Air travel -- United States Competition
Rights Statement	Copyright Not Evaluated
Publisher	Oregon State University
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]
Digitization Specifications	File scanned at 300 ppi (Monochrome) using ScandAll PRO 1.8.1 on a Fi-6770A in PDF format. CVista PdfCompressor 4.0 was used for pdf compression and textual OCR.
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/34809

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