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pressure indices, the GUPPI concept of Salop/Moresi (2009) and the vGUPPI concept of Moresi/Salop (2013). Such a simple … screen mergers between mobile network operators which compete with mobile virtual network operators in the downstream retail … imposed so that the iGUPPI for the upstream market allows for a decomposition into an upstream market version of the GUPPI and …
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This paper provides an economic analysis of recent vertical and horizontal mergers in the U.S. industry for audiovisual … media content, including the AT&T-Time Warner and the Disney-Fox mergers. Using a theory-driven approach, we examine … economic effects of these types of mergers on market competition, focusing on digital media content distribution. In doing so …
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policy. We address four core subject areas: market power, collusion, mergers between competitors, and monopolization. In each …
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better matches of search ads are beneficial, I demonstrate that the mergers may have positive effects for consumers through …
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This study constructs a model for examining anticompetitive exclusive supply contracts that prevent an upstream supplier from selling input to a new downstream firm. With regard to the technology to transform the input produced by the supplier, as an entrant becomes increasingly efficient, its...
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This paper examines the use of market-share thresholds (safe harbors) in evaluating whether a given vertical practice should be challenged. Such thresholds are typically found in vertical restraints guidelines (e.g., the 2000 Guidelines for the European Commission and the 1985 Guidelines for the...
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While the previous literature on exclusive dealing has been concerned with the question of how exclusive dealing can raise static profits, this paper analyzes the question of how exclusive dealing can be used to predate in a dynamic context. It is shown that exclusive dealing may arise even if...
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While the previous literature on exclusive dealing has been concerned with the question of how exclusive dealing can raise static profits, this paper analyzes the question of how exclusive dealing can be used to predate in a dynamic context. It is shown that exclusive dealing may arise even if...
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In this paper, we discuss from an economic perspective two alternative views of restrictions of competition by sports associations. The horizontal approach views such restrictions as an agreement among the participants of a sports league with the sports association merely representing an...
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