the respective mono-tonicity properties. If the profit differential between post-merger and pre-merger profits satisfies … equilibria of merger games with simultaneous and sequential moves. The application of our framework to specific oligopoly models … illustrates that the introduction of two-sided asymmetric information may lead to considerable changes in the predicted merger …

The optimal competition policy when licensing is an alternative to a merger, which has the intention of transferring a … of the US Horizontal Merger Guidelines. In contrast, when only one instrument is feasible, be it fixed fees or royalties …

structural approach to infer acquirers’ gains from merging by interpreting a merger as an auction. Using nonparametric methods …

We study optimal merger policy in a dynamic model in which the presence of scale economies implies that firms can … the period the merger is proposed. We also find that the ability to commit can lead to a significant welfare improvement …

This paper provides evidence that learning about demand is an important driver of firms' dynamics. We present a simple … model with Bayesian learning in which firms are uncertain about their idiosyncratic demand parameter in each of the markets … their beliefs following a new demand shock, the younger they are. To test this learning mechanism, we make use of a specific …

correlated learning may render it optimal to enter markets sequentially – an investment in market A is only followed by entry in …, we identify correlated learning across markets beyond alternative explanations as a key driver of gradualism in the …