Competition and Price Dispersion in the U.S. Airline Industry

We study dispersion in the prices an airline charges to different passengers on the same route. This variation in fares is substantial: the expected absolute difference in fares between two passengers on a route is 36 percent of the airline's average ticket price. The pattern of observed price...

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Main Authors: Borenstein, Severin (Author), Rose, Nancy L (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Humanities (Contributor), Rose, Nancy L. (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press, 2018-01-16T15:58:35Z.
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