the framework of ‘the new quantitative trade model.’ We complement theory with a simple two-stage estimating procedure …

mechanism considered in the paper is based on that multiproduct shipments allow splitting fixed costs per shipment across many … products and, therefore, reducing total shipment costs. As a result, more developed countries tend to have lower fixed costs …-product shipments in determining shipping costs …

of immobile residents. Investment is costly: Quadratic installation and de-installation costs limit the mobility of … and effects of changes in installation costs are ambiguous …

We set up a model to analyze the effects of mergers between sellers of complementary components where firms invest in … compatibility and can engage in bundling. We consider the impact of merger on prices, investment and consumer surplus. We also …

This paper investigates the effects of mergers on the product mix of multiproduct firms. Thus, we open the black box of … post-merger efficiency improvements to reveal a new margin of adjustment along the product dimension. We analyze horizontal … mergers in a theoretical model where oligopolistic firms employ a flexible manufacturing technology and allocate assets …

We show that for a spatially differentiated economy reduced product variety is the likely outcome of mergers except in … cases where exit costs in relation to (outlet-specific) fixed costs are high. Our empirical analysis of the Austrian retail … to lead to an underestimate of market power in structural merger analysis. …

In several European merger cases competition authorities have demanded that the merging firm auctions off virtual …

uncertain costs. It is found that with supply function competition, and in contrast to Bayesian Cournot competition … private signals or more correlation among the costs parameters. In fact, for large values of noise or correlation supply …

A finite number of sellers (n) compete in schedules to supply an elastic demand. The costs of the sellers have … with more noise in the private signals or more correlation among the costs parameters. In fact, for large values of noise …