Systematic peak-load pricing, congestion premia and demand diverting: Empirical evidence

This paper finds empirical support to systematic peak-load pricing in airlines---higher fares in ex-ante known congested periods. It estimates a congestion premia and supports the main empirical prediction in Gale and Holmes (1993)---less discount seats on peak fights.

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Year of publication:	2009-01
Authors:	Escobari, Diego
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	Airlines \| Congestion Premia \| Peak-load pricing

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in Economics Letters 1.103(2009): pp. 59-61
Classification:	L93 - Air Transportation ; C23 - Models with Panel Data
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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