A class of air travelers sued United Airlines for the illegal maintenance of its monopoly power on nonstop flights between the Washington DC and San Francisco markets. They alleged that United used its market power to impose unlawful and anticompetitive … Read More
For the American Bus Association (ABA), a trade association that represents motorcoach and tour companies in the United States and Canada, Nathan India worked with Nathan Associates in analyzing the responses of motorcoach owners who took part in a census … Read More
The Port of Buenaventura is Colombia’s only international port on the Pacific and is strategically important to the country’s industrial areas. In the past 10 years, annual container traffic growth at the port has averaged 11.5 percent, but recent growth … Read More
The estimated 2.3 million survivors of forced labor in Nazi Germany are owed billions of dollars as a group, according to the analysis of Nathan economists John Beyer and Stephen Schneider. The results of their analysis are published in Forced … Read More
In contrast to other modes of intercity transport, bus transport is the most fuel efficient, least subsidized, and readily accessible to those who might not otherwise travel to New York City. A study by Nathan Associates estimates that passengers traveling … Read More
When the Federal Government of Nigeria launched an economic policy featuring economic liberalization and privatization of the public enterprise sector it selected Nigeria Airways as one of the first parastatal enterprises to be privatized. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) of … Read More
Managed by the DAI/Nathan Group, this project, known as BIZTAR, is improving Moldova’s business enabling environment by reducing the administrative burden on the private sector, streamlining tax administration, curtailing opportunities for corruption, and improving access to government information. In November … Read More
As Mongolia makes the transition to a market economy, its businesses and industries are preparing to compete in international markets. Under this USAID-funded project, Nathan Associates helped Mongolian industries generate sustainable increases in productivity and increase export market shares and … Read More
The free trade agreement between Morocco and the United States could boost exports from Morocco and stimulate foreign direct investment but only if Moroccan businesses are able to take advantage of new opportunities arising from the agreement. To build a … Read More
Since 1998, the Government of Mozambique has been pursuing a comprehensive tax reform program to modernize and strengthen the tax system. Yet many business leaders have expressed concerns about the effects of the new system on private sector development. Specifically, … Read More