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Anticompetitive mergers benefit competitors more than the merging firms. We show that such externalities reduce firms … surprising intertemporal link: Merger incentives may be reduced by the prospect of additional profitable mergers in the future … reasonable policies may be worse than not controlling mergers at all.  …
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We address the issue of bidder ring formation in single and multi-unit Vickrey auctions. We address this issue in a bargaining game set up under the assumption that valuation of bidders is commonly known only amongst themselves. In the single unit case, we show that the equilibrium coalition...
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Anti-competitive mergers benefit competitors more than the merging firms. We show that such externalities reduce firms … demonstrate a surprising inter-temporal link. Merger incentives may be reduced by the prospect of additional profitable mergers in … than not controlling mergers at all. …
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firms have merger incentives, and, if so, whether such mergers are desirable from the viewpoint of social welfare. We also …
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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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We set up a model to analyze the effects of mergers between sellers of complementary components where firms invest in …
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We present a model with firms selling (homogeneous) products in two imperfectly segmented markets (a high-demand and a low-demand market). Buyers are mobile but restricted by transportation costs, so that imperfect arbitrage occurs when prices differ in both markets. We show that equilibria are...
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deregulation process. We find that once the geographic deregulation process finishes, inter-regional mergers between savings banks … will be mergers between savings and commercial banks. …
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stable industry structures for which no further mergers would be profitable. …
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We set up a model to analyze the effects of mergers between sellers of complementary components where firms invest in …
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