Productivity differences in the airline industry: partial deregulation versus short-run protection

Marin, Pedro L. (1995) Productivity differences in the airline industry: partial deregulation versus short-run protection. EI, 11. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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Abstract

The paper specifies and estimates a production function for the airline industry, identifying firms' network characteristics and efficiency as the main determinants of their productivity. The application of this analysis to the European market shows that productivity differences among flag carriers could explain the governments' different views about deregulation at the beginning of the eighties. The introduction of liberal bilateral agreements by some European government has given their flag carriers incentives to start adjusting their structure in anticipation of future liberalization in the European market while other European flag carriers have delayed this adjustment.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk
Additional Information:	© 1995 Pedro L.Marin
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Productivity, network characteristics, efficiency, airlines deregulation
Library of Congress subject classification:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Journal of Economic Literature Classification System:	D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D24 - Production; Cost; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity L - Industrial Organization > L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy > L59 - Other L - Industrial Organization > L9 - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities > L93 - Air Transportation L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L23 - Organization of Production
Sets:	Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD)
Rights:	http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm
Identification Number:	11
URL:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/6775/

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