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Airline Competition: Effects of Airline Market Concentration and Barriers to Entry on Airfares

RCED-91-101 Published: Apr 26, 1991. Publicly Released: May 14, 1991.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed how barriers to entry, airline market shares, operating costs, and airport congestion affected airline fares.

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AirlinesAirline regulationAirportsCompetitionEconometric modelingInformation systemsRestrictive trade practicesTransportation costsStatistical dataData errors