Ma, Wenliang and Wang, Qiang and Yang, Hangjun and Zhang, Yahua (2020) Is multimarket contact an antitrust concern? A case of China’s airline market. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 132 (515-526). pp. 515-526. ISSN 0965-8564
Abstract
When firms meet in more than one market, it is generally regarded that the possibility of collusion will increase because of mutual interdependence (or mutual forbearance). Mutual forbearance is tacit collusion that directly results from familiarity and deterrence. This paper examines the effect of multimarket contact on airline prices in the Chinese domestic airline market where private and low-cost carriers have been thriving and high-speed rail services growing quickly in the last few years. We find strong evidence supporting the mutual forbearance hypothesis in high revenue markets. We also find that the collusive effect due to increasing multimarket contact is insignificant within the same airline group, whereas multimarket contact between airlines in different airline groups triggers higher airfares.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Commerce (1 July 2013 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Commerce (1 July 2013 -) |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2020 06:47 |
| Last Modified: | 07 May 2020 22:53 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Multimarket contact; Price collusion; Mutual forbearance; China; Airline pricing |
| Fields of Research : | 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1507 Transportation and Freight Services > 150701 Air Transportation and Freight Services 14 Economics > 1402 Applied Economics > 140209 Industry Economics and Industrial Organisation 14 Economics > 1402 Applied Economics > 140217 Transport Economics |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | B Economic Development > 88 Transport > 8803 Aerospace Transport > 880302 Air Passenger Transport |
| Identification Number or DOI: | 10.1016/j.tra.2019.12.008 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/37527 |
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