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This paper proposes an approach for prediction the pattern of mergers when different mergers are feasible. It generalizes the traditional IO approach, employing ideas on coalition-formation from cooperative gave theory. The model suggests that in concentrated markets, mergers are conductive to...
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This paper develops a new analystical approach to the old question whether market conditions may influence the internal efficiency of firms. The basic textbook model of the firm is slightly extended to incorporate managers' incentives to reduce production costs in an imperfectly competitive...
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predation in an oligopoly is limited by the subsequent competition for the prey. This bidding competition is especially fierce …-riding problem associated with mergers, and second, destructive predation helps firms avoid the bidding competition. It is also shown … predators avoid the bidding competition. Moreover, the incentive for predation under the US failing firm defense might be even …
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Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is the dominant form of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), but has received but scarce attention in the theory literature on trade and investment. This paper highlights how the international pattern of ownership of productive assets may depend on features of trade...
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This paper develops a new analytical approach to the old question whether market conditions may influence the internal efficiency of firms. The basic textbook model of the firm is slightly extended to incorporate managers' incentives to reduce production costs in an imperfectly competitive...
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information and competence of households, in combination with stiffer competition among firms, will also increase the power of …
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