2 papers
econ.GN2025
Bridging Quasi-Experimental and Structural Approaches for Robust Evaluation of US Airline Mergers
Gaurab Aryal, Anirban Chattopadhyaya, Federico Ciliberto
We bridge quasi-experimental and structural approaches for robust merger evaluation. First, we show that the difference-in-differences (DiD) equation is the "reduced form" of a str…
econ.GN2021
Coordinated Capacity Reductions and Public Communication in the Airline Industry
Gaurab Aryal, Federico Ciliberto, Benjamin T. Leyden
We investigate the allegation that legacy U.S. airlines communicated via earnings calls to coordinate with other legacy airlines in offering fewer seats on competitive routes. To t…