This study examines the impact of corporate governance on airline safety. Using data from seventy countries during the period 1990 to 2016, we observe a negative relationship between indicators of quality of corporate governance and the accident rate of an airline. Specifically, our results...

The safety of the commercial airline industry has attracted considerable public attention and debate since economic deregulation of the industry in 1978. These concerns have energized economic research on three aspects of airline safety. First, has the level of airline safety declined since...

"In the latest volume for the Landmark Presidential Decisions series, Andrew Busch focuses on the decision by Ronald Reagan in August 1981 to fire striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Association (PATCO) at the nation's airports in response to the decision by the 12,000...