Dynamic effect of inter-firm rivalry on airfares: Case of Japan's full-service and new air carriers

Hideki Murakami, Yoshihisa Amano and Ryota Asahi

Journal of Air Transport Management, 2015, vol. 44-45, 25-33

Abstract: This paper analyzes the dynamic changes in carriers' airfares and outputs and computes the change in the consumers' surplus year by year after new Japanese carriers entered thriving routes and started to compete with Japanese full-service airlines. Using unbalanced panel data from 222 routes and carrier specific sample observations, it finds that new carriers discounted airfares significantly as soon as they entered new markets, but two early carriers, Skymark Airlines and AIRDO, which had entered with very low airfares, raised their prices year by year. On the other hand, both All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines responded to the new entrants and lowered their airfares to a much lesser extent than the new entrants did, and their airfare levels remained almost unchanged for at least four years after the first entry. The consumers' surplus increased significantly in the first year of each new entry but gradually decreased as the new entrants raised their airfares.

Keywords: Japanese airlines; Entry; Dynamic competition; Consumers' surplus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2015.02.002

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