vertical mergers. Using public data from the Comcast-Time Warner-Adelphia Merger Order of the Federal Communications Commission …, price effects from the threat and action of foreclosure in several designated marketing areas were simulated. Empirical … results suggest that the Commission Staff Model substantially underestimated price increases to end users as a result of the …

This paper analyzes the effects of a merger between a German supermarket chain and a soft discounter on consumer prices … indicate that both insiders and outsiders raised average prices after the merger, particularly in regions with high expected … change in retail concentration. In contrast, we estimate price declines in regions that did not experience a rise in …

larger price increases than mergerrelated exits. Within the merger category, our analysis reveals significant price increases … on all affected routes immediately after the exit events. In the medium and long-run, however, realized merger … ; exit ; liquidation ; merger ; efficiencies ; entry-inducing effects …

agreements, and vertical price restrictions. We then review recent research on how print media have been affected by the growth …