The Effects of Airline Strikes on Struck and Nonstruck Carriers

This study provides new evidence on the industrywide impact of strike by investigating how strikes have affected the values of struck and nonstruck airlines. Using stock market data for the years 1963-86, the authors show that most strikes adversely affected the value of struck airlines' stock, but enhanced the stock value of nonstruck carriers. The results also show that strikes before October 1978, which marked the end of strict regulation of the industry and of the employers' mutual aid pact, had some effects different from those of strikes after that date.

Publication Information
Article Title: The Effects of Airline Strikes on Struck and Nonstruck Carriers
Journal: Industrial and Labor Relations Review (1991)
v. 44, iss. 2, pp. 324-33
Author(s): DeFusco, Richard A;  Fuess, Jr., Scott M
Researcher Information
    
DeFusco, Richard A
DeFusco, Richard A
Professor
Expertise:
  • Financial Markets & Investing
  • International Trade & Finance
Finance
CBA 230
P.O. Box 880490
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0490, USA
Phone: (402) 472-6763
Fax: (402) 472-5140
rdefusco1@unl.edu
Fuess, Jr., Scott M
Fuess, Jr., Scott M
Karl H. Nelson Professor of Economics & Department Chair
Expertise:
  • Labor Economics (wages, employment, working conditions, unions)
  • Macroeconomics
Economics
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0489, USA
Phone: (402) 472-0336
Fax: (402) 472-9700
sfuess1@unl.edu