information about suitable merger targets and to manage the merged corporation in case of an acquisition. Our results show that … obtain high-powered incentives and, hence, a high personal income at the merger-management stage. …

information about suitable merger targets and to manage the merged corporation in case of an acquisition. Our results show that … obtain high-powered incentives and, hence, a high personal income at the merger-management stage. We derive conditions under …

information about suitable merger targets and to manage the merged corporation in case of an acquisition. Our results show that … high-powered incentives and, hence, a high personal income at the merger-management stage. We derive conditions under which …

arbitrage. Furthermore, a merger can lead to an equilibrium in which only the "high-demand" market is served. This is more … likely (i) the lower consumers' transportation costs and (ii) the higher the concentration of the industry. Therefore, merger …

We analyze the effects of structural remedies on merger activity in a Cournot oligopoly when the antitrust agency … induces strictly price-decreasing mergers. Finally, under incomplete information an effcient merger type is to be doomed to …

We study optimal merger policy in a dynamic model in which the presence of scale economies implies that firms can … the period the merger is proposed. We also find that the abil- ity to commit can lead to a significant welfare improvement …

We analyze the effects of structural remedies on merger activity in a Cournot oligopoly when the antitrust agency … induces strictly price-decreasing mergers. -- Remedies ; Divestiture ; Merger Control ; Oligopoly ; Synergies …

We examine how a downstream merger affects input prices and, in turn, the profitability of a such a merger under … unions organising workers. If the input suppliers are plant-specific, we find that a merger is more profitable than in a … take part in a merger than being an outsider. For firm-specific input suppliers, on the other hand, results are reversed …

We consider a sequential merger game between Cournot firms with homogeneous product and quadratic cost function. A … incentive to merge. The profitability of any merger is predicted to increase with the number of mergers having already taken … of a wave. The model helps reconcile some of the most important stylized facts about merger and acquisition activities …