Rivalry and Forbearance in the European Airline Industry: Evidence of an Inverted U-Shaped Competitive Pattern

This study develops and tests a theoretical framework which suggests that the relationship between the level of multi-territory (or multi-point) contact and rivalry takes the form of an inverted U-shaped relationship. Drawing on a large sample of European airlines over the period 2001-2006, we provi...

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