Collude, compete, or both? : deregulation in the Norwegian airline industry

dc.contributor.author	Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar
dc.contributor.author	Steen, Frode
dc.contributor.author	Sørgard, Lars
dc.date.accessioned	2006-08-30T07:47:38Z
dc.date.available	2006-08-30T07:47:38Z
dc.date.issued	2000-12
dc.identifier.issn	0803-4028
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11250/166570
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this paper is to test the nature of competition concerning price and capacity setting in the Norwegian airline industry after the deregulation in 1994. Did the two airlines, SAS and Braathens, compete on prices and capacities (competition), collude on prices and capacities (collusion) or collude on prices and compete on capacities (semicollusion)? We reject the hypothesis that they achieved collusion, and we find the observed behaviour consistent with semicollusive behaviour and inconsistent with competitive behaviour. We discuss why this outcome is in stark contrast to the outcome of the U.S. deregulation.	en
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dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.publisher	SNF	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working paper	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2000:43	en
dc.subject	semicollusion	en
dc.subject	deregulation	en
dc.subject	capacity competition	en
dc.title	Collude, compete, or both? : deregulation in the Norwegian airline industry	en
dc.type	Working paper	en