vertical mergers. Using public data from the Comcast-Time Warner-Adelphia Merger Order of the Federal Communications Commission …

A vertical merger model represents a complex system built on (i) a network of e.g., upstream manufacturers and … bargaining models and and that how parties bargain, and over what, can almost pre-determine merger effects. This paper is … accompanied by an online vertical merger simulator designed to help economists and enforcers simulate vertical mergers, similar to …

of mergers were introduced in the 1990s. The bargaining theory that drives much of vertical merger analysis today has …The 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines produced by the antitrust enforcement agencies introduce a nontechnical application … of bargaining theory into the assessment of competitive effects from vertical acquisitions. The economics of such …