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An Empirical Model of Entry Across Airline Routes with Incomplete Information and Demand Synergies

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  • Olivier Armantier

    (SUNY Stony Brook)

  • Oliver Richard

    (University of Rochester)

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We define a model of simultaneous entry decisions for N symmetric firms across M markets with demand synergies and incomplete information on marginal costs of production.

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  • Olivier Armantier & Oliver Richard, 2000. "An Empirical Model of Entry Across Airline Routes with Incomplete Information and Demand Synergies," Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers 1771, Econometric Society.
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