Our recent Quick Take report, "Antitrust Concerns Unlikely to Derail Proposed United-Continental Merger", studies the impact of this proposed merger on competition at the industry, airport, and route levels. Using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) to quantify increases in market concentration and applying the Department of Justice's published guidelines, we "red-flag" fewer airports and routes for this merger than for the just-completed Delta-Northwest combination. read more>>
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United-Continental management, repeat after me: "We're Number 3"
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - Jeffrey Breen
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