downstream retailers (ii) who bargain bilaterally in the presence of externalities (iii) created by competition between … bargaining models and and that how parties bargain, and over what, can almost pre-determine merger effects. This paper is …

competition, but helps firms to coordinate their quality investments more efficiently. We consider different information …

This paper reverses the standard order between input supply negotiations and downstream competition and assumes that … competition for orders takes place prior to procurement of inputs in a vertical chain. In an environment where procurement …

.). The network benefits between consumers and sellers depend on the mode of competition within the sub-markets: more … competition between sellers lowers product prices, increases the surplus consumers receive from a sub-market, and makes platform … membership more desirable for consumers. However, more competition also lowers profits for a seller which makes platform …

foreclosure. I estimate the vertical entry model using data from the US generic pharmaceutical industry. The estimates indicate … that vertical integration is unlikely to generate anticompetitive foreclosure effects. On the other hand, significant …

foreclosure. I estimate the vertical entry model using data from the US generic pharmaceutical industry. The estimates indicate … that vertical integration is unlikely to generate anticompetitive foreclosure effects. On the other hand, significant …