This paper studies the 2008 MillerCoors joint venture in the U.S. beer industry through a vertically related market …

The beer market has undergone a dramatic change over the last decades and there are growing concerns of too much market … concentration. Among other reasons we identify the role of beer excise taxes in the determination of the market structure. In … particular the introduction of a minimum excise tax for beer in the European Union with the provision for a asymmetric reduction …