We develop a model of price dispersion to distinguish the impact of price discrimination
from that of peak load pricing schemes or atypical competition resulting from the financial …

Local governments' allocation decisions are modeled in the context of a slack maximizing
bureaucrat who produces public goods according to a production function that includes both …

A positive relationship betweencompetitive pressure and technical efficiency has been
demonstratedby several studies; other studies hold forth that airline marketsbehave strategically. …

The research presented in this paper focuses on the recent onset of price wars in the airline
industry while accommodating multimarket contact, multiple products, and a dispersed price …

The Entropy Index decomposition property is utilized to construct an aggregate index of route
concentration that accounts for the multiple products, customer preferences and industry …

In recent years, the number of firms offering hedge fund products, and assets allocated to
hedge funds have grown at a rapid rate. This growth has been accompanied by a …

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The persistence offare wars in the domestic airline industry has captured the attention of
economists and travelers elike. Appropriately, colrs; mers have leamed to plan in advance and …

Middletown began as a religious outpost in central Connecticut along the Connecticut River
in the early 17th century. Its origin as a religious community is greatly reflected in its early …

The recent history of the airline industry has exhibited relentless price wars of national
proportion begun by failing airlines desperate to fill their planes. However, price reductions and …