stores in Sweden, we find that the average entry costs for small and large stores are 10 and 18 percent lower, respectively …, in markets with liberal compared with restrictive regulations. Counterfactual simulations show that lower entry costs in …

with quality differentiated products and a fringe producer. Depending on market size, costs for a second brand and a …

This paper studies the welfare consequences of a vertical merger that raises rivals costs when downstream competition … is à la Cournot between firms with constant asymmetric marginal costs. The main result is that such a vertical merger can …, that this result extends to price competition with differentiated products. …