This paper proposes and empirically implements a framework for analyzing industry competition and the degree of joint … profit maximization of merging firms in differentiated product industries. Using pre- and post-merger industry data, I am … Post-Nabisco merger. My results show an increasing degree of joint profit maximization of the merged entities over the …

This paper analyzes the effects of a merger between a German supermarket chain and a soft discounter on consumer prices … indicate that both insiders and outsiders raised average prices after the merger, particularly in regions with high expected … by competition authorities were not sufficient to o set anti-competitive effects. …

This paper proposes and empirically implements a framework for analyzing industry competition and the degree of joint … profit maximization of merging firms in differentiated product industries. Using pre- and post-merger industry data, I am … Post-Nabisco merger. My results show an increasing degree of joint profit maximization of the merged entities over the …

This paper proposes and empirically implements a framework for analyzing industry competition and the degree of joint … profit maximization of merging firms in differentiated product industries. Using pre- and post-merger industry data, I am … Post-Nabisco merger. My results show an increasing degree of joint profit maximization of the merged entities over the …

Merged firms are typically rather complex organizations. Accordingly, merger has a more profound effect on the …

According to static models of industrial organization, a rise in competition decreases prices. In this paper, I test … significant. The empirical test relies on the change in the intensity of competition introduced by the entry of the fourth mobile … operator in France and the merger between the third and the fourth mobile operators in Austria. Using a hedonic price model and …

The U.S. and EU Merger Guidelines strongly emphasize the relevance of the "ease of entry" argument in merger …

Wirkungen auf die Marktstruktur. Sie reduzieren nicht einfach die Zahl der Wettbewerber in einem Markt, sondern durch Fusionen … Unternehmen vor der Fusion. Wir zeigen in dieser Arbeit, dass horizontale Fusion von Unternehmen aus diesen Gründen profitabel für … die fusionierenden Unternehmen und wohlfahrtserhöhend wirken kann, selbst dann, wenn es durch die Fusion keinerlei …

Wirkungen auf die Marktstruktur. Sie reduzieren nicht einfach die Zahl der Wettbewerber in einem Markt, sondern durch Fusionen … Unternehmen vor der Fusion. Wir zeigen in dieser Arbeit, dass horizontale Fusion von Unternehmen aus diesen Gründen profitabel für … die fusionierenden Unternehmen und wohlfahrtserhöhend wirken kann, selbst dann, wenn es durch die Fusion keinerlei …