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A Note On Upward Pricing Pressure: The Possibility Of False Positives

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  • Lars Mathiesen
  • Øivind Anti Nilsen
  • Lars Sørgard

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Joseph Farrell and Carl Shapiro proposed a simple test of the possible upward pricing pressure (UPP) following a merger. They showed that the test may give false negatives—that is, indicate that a merger may not give an UPP, while a more comprehensive test would indicate the opposite. We show that their test applied to a case with asymmetric firms may give false positives.

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  • Lars Mathiesen & Øivind Anti Nilsen & Lars Sørgard, 2012. "A Note On Upward Pricing Pressure: The Possibility Of False Positives," Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 8(4), pages 881-887.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jcomle:v:8:y:2012:i:4:p:881-887.
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    1. Andreea Cosnita-Langlais & Bjørn Olav Johansen & Lars Sorgard, 2018. "Upward Price Pressure in Two-Sided Markets: Incorporating Feedback Effects," EconomiX Working Papers 2018-3, University of Paris Nanterre, EconomiX.
    2. Brijesh P. Pinto & David S. Sibley, 2016. "Unilateral Effects with Endogenous Quality," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 49(3), pages 449-464, November.
    3. Cosnita-Langlais, Andreea & Johansen, Bjørn Olav & Sørgard, Lars, 2021. "Upward pricing pressure in two-sided markets: Incorporating rebalancing effects," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
    4. Panagiotis N. Fotis & Michael L. Polemis & Konstantinos Eleftheriou, 2017. "Unilateral effects of partial acquisitions: consistent calculation of GUPPI under horizontal merger guidelines within the EU," Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Springer;Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale, vol. 44(3), pages 315-325, September.

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    • K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
    • L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices

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