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How market force and government regulation affect flight fare and safety investment: A microeconomic analysis

  • Beihang University

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Abstract

This paper presents a microeconomic analysis to explore the impacts of market force and government regulation on airlines' flight fare and safety investment. Three specific mechanisms associated with fare and safety decisions are discussed, i.e., duopoly competition, social optimum, and safety regulation. Under all mechanisms, consumers are assumed to have heterogeneous safety tastes, and airlines are assumed to make optimal decisions in a two-stage game of first safety investment and then flight fare. It is found that the differentiation of safety can be beneficial to not only commercial airlines but also the society when there are symmetric and complete information of safety between consumers and airlines. Furthermore, safety regulation from the government can assure the higher social welfare at the cost of some loss of airlines' profits.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCICTP 2017
Subtitle of host publicationTransportation Reform and Change - Equity, Inclusiveness, Sharing, and Innovation - Proceedings of the 17th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals
EditorsHaizhong Wang, Jian Sun, Jian Lu, Lei Zhang, Yu Zhang, ShouEn Fang
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Pages1001-1008
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9780784480915
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Event17th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals: Transportation Reform and Change - Equity, Inclusiveness, Sharing, and Innovation, CICTP 2017 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 7 Jul 20179 Jul 2017

Publication series

NameCICTP 2017: Transportation Reform and Change - Equity, Inclusiveness, Sharing, and Innovation - Proceedings of the 17th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals
Volume2018-January

Conference

Conference17th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals: Transportation Reform and Change - Equity, Inclusiveness, Sharing, and Innovation, CICTP 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period7/07/179/07/17

Keywords

  • Airline safety investment
  • Duopoly competition
  • Flight fare
  • Government regulation

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