Benchekroun, Hassan; Dai, Miao; Long, Ngo Van - 2020
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 …