Bankruptcy and product-market competition: Evidence from the airline industry

Federico Ciliberto and Carola Schenone

International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2012, vol. 30, issue 6, 564-577

Abstract: We investigate the effects of Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings on product market competition using data from the US airline industry. We find: i) bankrupt airlines permanently downsize their national route structure, their airport-specific networks, and their route-specific flight frequency and capacity; ii) bankrupt airlines lower their route-specific prices while under bankruptcy protection, and increase them after emerging. We do not find robust evidence of significant changes by the bankrupt airline's competitors along any of the dimensions above.

Keywords: Airline industry; Bankruptcy; Product market competition; Chapter 11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G33 K2 L13 L93 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2012.06.004

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