This paper develops an oligopoly model with firms that may potentially be public or private, and solves it for different cases in which the number and ownership of those firms vary. The results are then compared in terms of total surplus and consumer surplus, and this comparison produces...

The aim of this paper is to complement the existing literature on horizontal mergers, by setting a Cournot mixed oligopoly model. Specifically, the merger paradox is qualified by proving that a merger could be profitable for the merging firms even if it does not include most market firms....

Taking as a reference a model in which there are a public firm, a national private firm and a foreign private one, it is analyzed both mergers sustainability and their relative effects on welfare. It is proved that the merger between the public firm and either the national or the international...

Taking as a reference a model in which there are a public firm, a national private firm and a foreign private one, it is analyzed both mergers sustainability and their relative effects on welfare. It is proved that the merger between the public firm and either the national or the international...

The aim of this paper is to complement the existing literature on horizontal mergers, by setting a Cournot mixed oligopoly model. Specifically, the merger paradox is qualified by proving that a merger could be profitable for the merging firms even if it does not include most market firms....

Spanish Abstract: En este estudio ampliamos la evidencia empírica previa del impacto que el anuncio de adquisición tiene sobre la cotización de la empresa adquiriente. Si el mercado bursátil es eficiente, entonces el anuncio de adquisición será incorporado de forma inmediata en el precio...

Este artículo explora a través de un mismo modelo básico las características fundamentales que determinan si es socialmente preferible concesionar versus privatizar un servicio público con características monopólicas. Los principales resultados de este trabajo son que la opción de...