Multimarket Contact and Profitability Implications for US Airlines

IF 0.9 4区经济学 Q3 ECONOMICS

Review of Network Economics Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI:10.1515/rne-2022-0031

Jules O. Yimga

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Abstract

Abstract Routine industrial analyses use internal market characteristics such as market shares to proxy for market power. However, recent studies argue that factors that are external to the market such as contact across multiple markets can be linked to tacit collusion. Using a structural demand and supply model for air travel, we quantify the variable profit effects of multimarket contact. We find that multimarket contact results in increases in variable profits ranging between $15,000 and $20,000 per contact in a quarter. Extrapolating this estimate across all contacts proves to be quite sizeable. These positive responses in profitability are especially stronger in less competitive markets. Our results, taken together, lend support to the mutual forbearance hypothesis.

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多市场联系和对美国航空公司盈利能力的影响

常规的行业分析使用市场份额等内部市场特征来代表市场力量。然而，最近的研究认为，市场外部的因素，如跨多个市场的接触，可能与隐性勾结有关。利用航空旅行的结构性需求和供给模型，我们量化了多市场联系的可变利润效应。我们发现，在一个季度内，多市场接触导致每次接触的可变利润增加在1.5万至2万美元之间。将这一估计值外推到所有接触者身上证明是相当可观的。在竞争不那么激烈的市场中，盈利能力方面的积极反应尤其强烈。我们的研究结果加在一起，为相互容忍假说提供了支持。

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Review of Network Economics ECONOMICS-

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