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Pricing and Competition in the New Zealand Air Travel Market


This article analyses the impact of competition on pricing and price discrimination using data on 2053 flights on thirteen New Zealand routes observed in 2006 and 2007. The following analysis is a good example for the dynamics of competition in an opening closed market.

 

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