Reactions to the entry of newcomer airlines

Reações à entrada de empresas novatas no transporte aéreo

This work reviews the paper of Goolsbee and Syverson (2006). The authors study how incumbent carriers react to the threat of new entrants in the US air transportation industry. Data on the evolution of passengers and routes entered by Southwest Airlines were gathered to identify some markets where the probability of the carrier´s entry increases. When Southwest starts up operations at the endpoints of a route, but without entering the route itself, future entry probability increases considerably. The authors' major subject of research and contribution to the empirical literature is to econometrically investigate the incumbents' fares behavior on these "threatened" routes.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pesquisaemtransportes.net.br/relit/index.php/relit/article/view/jv1n2p5/26
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/22381031
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract used with permission of the Brazilian Transportation Planning Society (BTPS)
• Authors:
  • Baum, Derick Moreira
• Publication Date: 2007-7

Language

• English
• Portuguese

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 110-132
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Literature
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Brazilian Transport Planning Society
  • ISSN: 2238-1031
  • Serial URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=2238-1031&lng=en&nrm=iso

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airlines; Competition; Fares; Literature reviews; Markets; Passengers; Routes
• Identifier Terms: Southwest Airlines
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01495954
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 2013 11:25PM