Cheaper and Faster: The Role of Air Services Agreements on Transportation

Charlotte Emlinger and Amélie Guillin

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Abstract: We assess the impact of bilateral air services agreements (ASAs) on air transportation using an unique dataset providing direct observations of bilateral air transport cost and time for a standardized good, for 1,190 country-pairs, between 2011 and 2015. Our results show that ASAs reduce transportation cost by 8% while they only impact transportation time for landlocked countries and RTA members. Our estimates also reveal that bilateral trade decreases cost of transport, which highlights the role of backhauling in air transportation.

Keywords: Transport Cost; Transport Time; Air Services Agreements; Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F14 L91 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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