This paper develops a theory of oligopoly and markups in general equilibrium. Firms compete in a network of product … extent of competition from substitute products. I estimate that, in 2019, public corporations produced consumer surplus in …

Merger value is frequently evaluated in single market contexts without considering possible gains stemming from firms … multimarket firms create incremental value. We establish a simple theoretical model that determines merger value in a multimarket … firm environment. The model enables us to derive merger values as being independent of post-merger market shares, but …

differential merger outcomes are caused mostly by firms' technology or product market attributes. Furthermore, empirical merger …. We allow the merger responses to vary across firms, even after controlling for regressors, and apply a random …

highlight that cross-ownership can be preferable to a horizontal merger under Cournot competition. Not only is it more …We examine the profitability of cross-ownership in an oligopolistic industry where firms compete as Cournot rivals. We … profitable beyond that participation ratio. This result may be called a cross-ownership paradox, analogous to the merger paradox …

scrutinized by the European Commission between 1995 and 2014. We show that concentration, as measured by the market-specific post-merger … dimension analyzed. Strict past merger enforcement negatively correlates with concentration. Yet, this effect is stronger in the …

In this paper we compare the profitability of a merger to the profitability of a partial ownership arrangement and find … greater dampening of competition. We also derive comparative statics on the prices of the acquiring firm, the acquired firm …

We study the profitability incentives of merger and the endogenous industry structure in a strategic trade policy … environment. Merger changes the strategic trade policy equlilibrium. We show that merger can be profitable and welfare enhancing …. incentives to give subsidies to their local firms. National merger induces more strategic trade policy, whereas international …