In the US-China international flight market, airlines sell tickets in two different distribution channels at vastly different prices. This provides a rare opportunity to examine how airlines practice price discrimination across different ticket distribution channels. Using a unique dataset collected from this market, we find that price discrimination across different ticket distribution channels is not influenced by market competition but increases with demand.

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不同机票分销渠道的价格歧视：来自中美航班市场的证据

在中美国际航班市场上，航空公司通过两种不同的分销渠道以不同的价格出售机票。这提供了难得的机会来检查航空公司如何在不同的机票分配渠道之间实行价格歧视。使用从该市场收集的唯一数据集，我们发现跨不同票务分配渠道的价格歧视不受市场竞争的影响，而是随需求而增加。