Endogenous mergers under multi-market competition
This paper examines a simple model of strategic interactions among firms that face at least some of the same rivals in two related markets (for goods 1 and 2). It shows that when firms compete in quantity, market prices increase as the degree of multi-market contact increases. However, the welfare consequences of multi-market contact are more complex and depend on how two fundamental forces play out. The first is the selection effect, which acts to increase welfare, as shutting down the relatively more inefficient firm is beneficial. The second opposing effect is the internalisation of the Cournot externality effect; reducing the production of good 2 allows firms to sustain a higher price for good 1. This works to increase prices and, therefore, decrease consumer surplus (but increase producer surplus). These two effects are influenced by the degree of asymmetry between markets 1 and 2 and the degree of substitutability between goods 1 and 2.
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2009
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Authors: | Kao, Tina ; Menezes, Flavio |
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Journal of Mathematical Economics. - Elsevier, ISSN 0304-4068. - Vol. 45.2009, 12, p. 817-829
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Mergers Multi-market competition Cournot externality Cost efficiency |
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