Competition Policy and Antitrust

Darin Lee is a Principal at the Cambridge, MA office of LECG LCC, a Sloan Industry Affiliate. Dr. Lee received his Ph.D in Economics from Brown University and has published numerous articles on various aspects of airline economics in journals such as The Journal of Law & Economics, the Southern Economic Journal and the Review of Industrial Organization. Dr. Lee has advised numerous major international airlines on matters such as alleged anti-competitive behavior, bankruptcy reorganization, codesharing, antitrust immunity applications, mergers, labor disputes, business interruption and the Internet travel industry.

• 1. Predation and the entry and exit of low-fare carriers (G.E. Bamberger, D.W. Carlton). 2. Predation in airline markets: A review of recent cases (A. Eckert, D.W. West). 3. The price effects of international airline alliances (J.K. Brueckner, T. Whalen). 4. Evidence on pricing from the Continetal Airlines and Northwest Airlines code-share agreement. (O. Armantier, O. Richard). 5. International airline code-sharing and entry deterrence (S.D Gurrea). 6. The impact of domestic code-sharing agreements on market airfares: Evidence from U.S. (H. Ito, D. Lee). 7. Code-sharing agreements, frequency of flights, and profits under parallel operation (O. Heimer, O. Shy). 8. Airline hubs, costs, mark-ups and the implication of customer heterogeneity (S. Berry, M. Carnall, P.T. Spiller). 9. The home carrier advantage in Civil Aviation (M.G. Lijesen, P. Nijkamp, E. Pels, P. Rietveld). 10. Actual, adjacent, and potential competition estimating the full effect of Southwest Airlines (S.A. Morrison). 11. Does competition influence airline on-time performance? (N.G. Rupp. D. H. Owens, L. W. Plumly). 12. Concentration, market share inequality and prices: An examination of European airline markets (S. Giaume, S. Guilloiu). 13. Patterns of low cost entry: Evidence from Brazil (A.V. Marques de Oliveira). 14. Understanding price dispersion in the airline industry: Capacity constraints and consumer heterogeneity (V. Bilotkach). 15. Airport competition: regulatory issues and policy implications (P. Forsyth). 16. Access to airport facilities: Its impact on market competition (M.E. Hartmann).