The purpose of this paper is to test whether third party logistics companies (3PLs) are different from other end-shippers with respect to how they choose their carriers. The results of carrier choice models developed in this paper suggest that 3PLs are more biased against intermodal shipping...

In this paper, we provide another reason that may explain the adoption of the hub-and-spoke network structure in the airline industry. We show that when an airline has to decide on its capacity before the demand conditions are perfectly known, a hub-and-spoke (h&s) network structure by pooling...

In this paper, we empirically examine the effects of bankruptcy protection (Chapter 11) on an airline and its rivals' pricing strategies. We estimate a price equation on a panel of 400 routes over the period 1987-1993. We also examine the impact of bankruptcy on a firm's average operating costs....