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Competition versus Predation in Aviation Markets
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Competition versus Predation in Aviation Markets

by Peter Forsyth, David W. Gillen, Otto G. Mayer, Hans-Martin Niemeier
January 2018
Intermediate to advanced
374 pages
13h 36m
English
Routledge
Content preview from Competition versus Predation in Aviation Markets

Chapter 17An Economic Framework for Assessing Predation in Air Services: Markets, Barriers to Entry, Market Power and Tests

Colin A. Gannon

'... Competition in the real world is inevitably imperfect ... naturally monopolistic or oligopolistic (in) most airline markets.'

Professor Alfred E. Kahn (Former Chairman, US CAB), 1988

1. Introduction

1.1 Predation Defined

It is useful at the outset to set down a working definition of predation for this chapter. Predatory behaviour is '... foregoing of maximum current profits in order to eliminate competitors or deter or delay entry, so that greater profits can be earned in the longer run', Dodgson et al. (1990).

A predator's objective is to earn higher profits (in present value terms) by taking actions ...

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ISBN: 9781351161381