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Price dispersion, competition, and the role of online travel agents: Evidence from business routes in the Italian airline market

2014

Abstract In this article, using data from the Italian airline market, we study the role of online travel agents (OTAs) in driving price dispersion as compared to the effect of airlines’ websites. Specifically, we investigate how distinctive factors between OTAs and airlines’ direct channels influence price dispersion. We find that after controlling for OTAs’ features related to airline competition, price dispersion should be lower in the OTA channel relative to airlines’ direct channels. On the other hand, we also find that OTAs’ features related to the presence of airline competition play in favor of higher price dispersion in such indirect channel.

Competition (economics)CommercePrice dispersion Competition Online travel agents Airline industryPrice dispersionTransportationBusinessBusiness and International ManagementSettore ING-IND/35 - Ingegneria Economico-GestionaleIndustrial organizationCivil and Structural EngineeringCommunication channel
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Price dispersion in the Italian airline industry: the role of competition and online travel agents

2013

Price dispersion Competition Airline industry Online travel agents Empirical analysis.Settore ING-IND/35 - Ingegneria Economico-Gestionale
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