معرفی کتاب : آزادسازی در صنعت هوانوردی-Liberalization in Aviation

Liberalization in Aviation

Competition, Cooperation and Public Policy

 

Imprint: Ashgate
Illustrations: Includes 115 b&w illustrations
Published: July 2013
Format: 244 x 172 mm
Extent: 488 pages
Binding: Hardback
Other editions: ebook ePUB, ebook PDF
ISBN: 978-1-4094-5090-0
ISBN Short: 9781409450900
BL Reference: 387.7'1-dc23
LoC Control No: 2012043458 

Edited by Peter Forsyth, Monash University, Australia, David Gillen, University of British Columbia, Canada, Kai Hüschelrath, ZEW Centre for European Economic Research, Germany, Hans-Martin Niemeier, Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Germany and Hartmut Wolf, Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany

The last few decades have witnessed substantial liberalization trends in various industries and countries. Starting with the deregulation of the US airline industry in 1978, regulatory restructuring took place in further network industries such as telecommunications, electricity or railways in various countries around the world. Although most of the liberalization movements were initially triggered by the worrying performances of the respective regulatory frameworks, increases in competition and corresponding improvements in allocative and productive efficiency were typically associated with the respective liberalization efforts.

From an academic perspective, the transition from regulated industries to liberalized industries has attracted a substantial amount of research reflected in many books and research articles which can be distilled to three main questions:

(1) What are the forces that have given rise to regulatory reform?
(2) What is the structure of the regulatory change which has occurred to date and is likely to occur in the immediate future?
(3) What have been the effects on industry efficiency, prices and profits of the reforms which have occurred to date?

Liberalization in Aviation brings together renowned academics and practitioners from around the world to address all three questions and draw policy conclusions. The book is divided into five sections, in turn dealing with aspects of competition in various liberalized markets, the emergence and growth of low-cost carriers, horizontal mergers and alliances, infrastructures, and concluding with economic assessments of liberalization steps so far and proposed steps in the future.

Contents: Introduction and overview, Peter Forsyth, David Gillen, Kai Hüschelrath, Hans-Martin Niemeier and Hartmut Wolf; Part A Liberalization and Airline Competition: Market entry and the evolution of the US airline industry 1995-2009, Kai Hüschelrath and Kathrin Müller; Competition among European airlines - on the role of product differentiation, Karsten Fröhlich and Hans-Martin Niemeier; Airline competition in connecting markets, Rogier Lieshout and Guillaume Burghouwt; Airline competition in liberalized markets: effects on thin routes, Xavier Fageda; How liberalization can go wrong: the case of Alitalia, Paola Beria, Hans-Martin Niemeier and Karsten Fröhlich; Airline liberalization and implications for safety: a theoretical and empirical conundrum, Andreas Papatheodorou, Konstantinos Polychroniadis and Jakub Tomasz Kapturski. Part B Liberalization and Low Cost Airline Competition: Liberalization of air transport in Europe and the evolution of ‘low-cost’ airlines, Keith Mason, William G. Morrison and Ian Stockman; Low-cost carrier services in Germany and Europe - from novel to normal, Dieter Wilken and Peter Berster; À la carte pricing to generate ancillary revenue: the case of Ryanair, Richard Klophaus. Part C Liberalization and Airline Cooperation: An assessment of the synergies and the success of cross-border airline mergers and acquisitions in Europe, Karsten Fröhlich, Wolfgang Grimme, Julia Hellmers, Martin Holtz, Adél Németh and Hans-Martin Niemeier; Open skies and antitrust: do we need them both? A review of the Air New Zealand cases, Tim Hazledine; The impact of liberalization on cross border airline mergers and alliances, Kostas Iatrou and Lida Mantzavinou; Economic effects of antitrust immunity for airline alliances: identification and measurement, Volodymyr Bilotkach and Kai Hüschelrath; Parallel frequent flier programme partnerships: impact on frequency, Volodymyr Bilotkach. Part D Liberalization and Infrastructure: Airport traffic growth and airport financial performance, Zheng Lei and Romano Pagliari; Deregulating ground handling services in Europe - case studies on six major European hubs, Cornelia Templin; Comparative inefficiencies of various air navigation service systems, Kenneth Button. Part E Liberalization and Public Policy: Economic impact of aviation liberalization, Ian Kincaid and Michael Tretheway; European liberalization: a view from afar, John King; Economic evaluation of air services liberalization: the new calculus, Peter Forsyth; Multilateral interlining in deregulated air transport markets, Frank Fichert; US bilateral air transport policy, Martin Dresner; Canadian international aviation: policy and challenges, David Gillen; Liberalization of air transport: some key references; Index