Horizontal mergers in the presence of vertical relationships
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- Ghosh, Arghya & Morita, Hodaka & Wang, Chengsi, 2014. "Horizontal mergers in the presence of vertical relationships," Working Papers 14-27, University of Mannheim, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
merger; successive oligopoly; welfare; reallocation; rationalization.;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
- L4 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies
- L5 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2015-01-09 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-IND-2015-01-09 (Industrial Organization)
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