Lopez, Rigoberto; Lopez, Elena; Lirón-España, Carmen - In: Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 14 (2014) 3, pp. 303-317
This article estimates the impact of industrial concentration on aggregate welfare as well as consumer and producer surpluses taking into account market power and cost efficiency effects. Using a sample of 232 U.S. manufacturing industries, empirical results indicate that an across-the-board...