Domestic Code Sharing, Alliances, and Airfares in the U.S. Airline Industry
研究了美国国内代码共享联盟对机票价格的影响，发现大多数国内代码共享行程由单一承运商运营（虚拟代码共享），且这些行程的票价低于同一市场中由单一承运商运营和销售的行程。
This paper examines the impact of domestic code‐sharing alliances on airfares. Our analysis yields two novel and somewhat surprising findings that have yet to be documented in the literature. First, unlike with international code sharing, we find that the overwhelming majority of domestic code‐share itineraries involve a single operating carrier, a phenomenon that we refer to as virtual code sharing. Second, we find that these virtual code‐sharing itineraries are priced lower than itineraries operated and marketed by a single carrier in the same market. We suggest that carriers may be using virtual code sharing—in large part—as a generic product to compete for the most price‐sensitive passengers.