assumption were held, a positive external effect of a proposed merger would represent a sufficient condition to allow the merger … theory, moreover, demonstrates that privately unprofitable mergers can be the result of rational action. Therefore, we drop … this restrictive assumption and allow for unprofitable mergers to occur. This exerts a considerable impact on merger policy …

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 …

effects. -- merger simulation ; merger control ; antitrust ; oligopoly theory ; auction models ; mergers & acquisitions … employment of merger simulation models in merger control procedures during the past almost 15 years. Merger simulation is … of state-of-the-art merger simulation models and review their previous employment in merger cases as well as the problems …

effects. -- merger simulation ; merger control ; antitrust ; oligopoly theory ; auction models ; mergers & acquisitions … employment of merger simulation models in merger control procedures during the past almost 15 years. Merger simulation is … of state-of-the-art merger simulation models and review their previous employment in merger cases as well as the problems …

Merger value is frequently evaluated in single market contexts without considering possible gains stemming from firms … multimarket firms create incremental value. We establish a simple theoretical model that determines merger value in a multimarket … firm environment. The model enables us to derive merger values as being independent of post-merger market shares, but …

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 …

mergers. If this assumption held, a positive external effect of a proposed merger would represent a sufficient condition to … allow the merger. However, the empirical picture on mergers and acquisitions reveals a significant share of unprofitable … mergers and economic theory, moreover, demonstrates that privately unprofitable mergers can be the result of rational action …

orientation. Individuals who are rivalistic in an allocation task indeed bid more aggressively in a laboratory oligopoly market …

This paper considers a general symmetric quantity-setting oligopoly where the "coefficient of cooperation" defined by … Structure on Cournot-Nash Equilibrium, 1983) about merger profitability are sensitive to the assumption of pre-merger Cournot …