Does Merger Simulation Work? A "Natural Experiment" in the Swedish Analgesics Market Market
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Keywords
Analgesics; Constant expenditures nested logit; Ex post merger analysis; Merger simulation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L40 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - General
- L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CMP-2012-07-23 (Computational Economics)
- NEP-COM-2012-07-23 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-IND-2012-07-23 (Industrial Organization)
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