On the social welfare effects of runner-up mergers in concentrated markets
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- Jovanovic, Dragan & Wey, Christian & Zhang, Mengxi, 2021. "On the social welfare effects of runner-up mergers in concentrated markets," DICE Discussion Papers 371, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE).
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Keywords
Runner-up mergers; market shares; merger efficiencies; oligopoly; consumer and social welfare standard;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
- L4 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies
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