Organizers:

Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia

Session Chairs:

Silke Januszewski Forbes, University Of California - San Diego

Papers:

"Retracting a Gift: How Does Employee Effort Respond to Wage Reductions?"
Nicholas G. Rupp, East Carolina University
Darin Lee, LECG, LLC

"Strategic Departure-Time Differentiation and Low Cost Carrier Competition"
Stuart D Gurrea, Economists Incorporated (Contact Author)

"The Performance Implications of Vertical Integration: Evidence From Regional Airlines"
Silke Januszewski Forbes, University Of California - San Diego
Mara Lederman, University of Toronto

"What's in a Hub? The Determinants of Market Power in the Airline Industry"
Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia
Jonathan Williams, University of Virginia

Discussants:

Stuart D Gurrea, Economists Incorporated
Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia
Silke Januszewski Forbes, University Of California - San Diego
Nicholas G. Rupp, East Carolina University

Organizers:

Gary M. Fournier, Florida State University

Session Chairs:

Gary M. Fournier, Florida State University

Papers:

"Wage Determination in the U.S. Airline Industry: The Role of Unions and Product Market Competition"
Barry Hirsch, E.M. Stevens Distinguished Professor, Trinity University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Low Cost Carriers on Airfares: Insights From a Spatial Econometrics Approach"
Bogdan Daraban, Florida State University
Gary M. Fournier, Florida State University

"The Role of Regional Airlines in the U.S. Airline Industry"
Silke Januszewski Forbes, University Of California - San Diego
Mara Lederman, University of Toronto

"Frequent Flier Program Partnerships, Substitutability, and Airlines' Profit"
Volodymyr Bilotkach, University of California - Irvine (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Nicholas G. Rupp, East Carolina University
Bogdan Daraban, Florida State University
Yunwei Gai, Florida State University
Christopher R. Bollinger, University of Kentucky