In this article, CRA’s Yajing Jiang and her coauthor review the recent economic literature on airline partnerships, explain the intuitions behind canonical economic theoretical models, and summarize the empirical findings of the price and non-price effects of the various forms of partnerships. Given the mixed empirical findings, the article underscores the importance of antitrust practitioners considering facts backed by documents and data when citing numerical estimates from the literature.
Examining physician practice groups’ options to manage rising administrative and operational complexities
Charles River Associates (CRA) was commissioned by McKesson to analyze the economic role of McKesson’s Management Services Organizations (MSOs) within the...