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Hubert Horan

Over his long career, Hubert Horan has worked on many of the most critical issues in the field of transportation economics, including the impact of regulation and mergers on industry efficiency, and the impacts of consolidation and other industry structural changes on consumer welfare. Mr. Horan graduated from Wesleyan University in 1976 with a B.A. degree and Honors in Economics. In 1980 he graduated from Yale University’s School of Management with an MPPM (MBA) degree. He is currently based in Phoenix, Arizona.
Antitrust and Competition

Why Was JetBlue-Spirit Blocked and What Does it Mean for the Airline Industry?

Hubert Horan
A federal judge recently blocked the proposed merger of JetBlue and Spirit airlines on antitrust grounds, reversing antitrust enforcers’ recent history of waving through airline industry consolidation. However, while this decision affirms that mergers designed to reduce competition and raise prices violate antitrust law, it comes too late to undo the damage from 15 years of lax enforcement that allowed radical consolidation in the airline industry.
Antitrust and Competition

How Airline Alliances Convinced Regulators That Collusion Reduces Prices

Hubert Horan
The Department of Transportation granted antitrust immunity to Atlantic alliances that reduced competition on the basis of a single paper written by a United...
Antitrust and Competition

How Alliances Carriers Established a Permanent Cartel

Hubert Horan
American carriers faced the post 9/11 demand shock, while the European intercontinental flag carriers were facing increased competition in the Middle East and Asia....
Antitrust and Competition

The Airline Industry’s Post-2004 Consolidation Reversed 30 Years of Successful Pro-Consumer Policies

Hubert Horan
A small number of intercontinental carriers recaptured control of industry oversight in Washington and Brussels to convert the world’s most important markets from robust...
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Why Consolidation Undermined the Airline Industry’s Ability to Recover from the Coronavirus Crisis

Hubert Horan
A major factor contributing to the industry’s struggles during the current crisis was the loss of resiliency due to the consolidation of the...
Academic Capture

Uber’s “Academic Research” Program: How to Use Famous Economists to Spread Corporate Narratives

Hubert Horan
Uber's employees co-authored academic papers with brand name scholars that were then used to back the company's PR and lobbying strategy. Published in respected...
Antitrust and Competition

False Claims and Propaganda: Why Uber’s Narratives Are Wrong But Successful

Hubert Horan
Uber’s narratives reduce everything to emotive battles between good and evil. If Uber’s success is inevitable, and resistance is futile, no one needs to waste...
Academic Capture

The Uber Bubble: Why Is a Company That Lost $20 Billion Claimed to Be Successful?

Hubert Horan
In the first of three interrelated articles, transportation consultant Hubert Horan discusses Uber's "uncompetitive economics." There is no real innovation in the company's business...

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