The Sky Is Not Flat: How Discriminatory Is the Access to International Air Services?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Piermartini, Roberta; Rousova, Linda
• 署名单位: World Health Organization; European Central Bank
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.5.3.287
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 287-319
• 关键词: veto players; networks; COSTS; determinants

摘要

Using information on 2,300 Air Services Agreements covering 184 countries, we investigate the impact of air services liberalization on passenger flows. We find that a certain level of liberalization is required to have a positive effect on passenger traffic. In particular, we estimate that the multilateralization of multiple designation provisions, Open Skies Agreements and European Economic Area-type agreements would increase passenger traffic worldwide by 0.5, 5, and 10 percent, respectively. The potential endogeneity problem is carefully dealt with using instrumental variables and propensity score matching.