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Trade Liberalization and the Profitability of Domestic Mergers

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  • Gaudet, G.
  • Kanouni, R.

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It is often thought that a tariff reduction, by opening up the domestic market to foreign firms, should lessen the need for a policy aimed at discouraging domestic mergers. This implicitly assumes that the tariff in question is sufficently high to prevent foreign firms from selling in the domestic market. However, not all tariffs are prohibitive, so that foreign firms may be present in the domestic market before it is abolished.

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  • Gaudet, G. & Kanouni, R., 2001. "Trade Liberalization and the Profitability of Domestic Mergers," Cahiers de recherche 2001-28, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ.
    • Handle: RePEc:mtl:montec:2001-28
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    1. Martin Chalkley & Geoff Stewart, 2011. "Trade Liberalisation, Market Structure and the Incentive to Merge," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(8), pages 1327-1347, August.
    2. Martin Chalkley & Geoff Stewart, 2011. "International trade and the incentive for merger," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(13), pages 1673-1677.
    3. Kenji Fujiwara & Ngo Van Long, 2012. "Welfare Effects of Reducing Home Bias in Government Procurements: A Dynamic Contest Model," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 16(1), pages 137-147, February.

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    Keywords

    MERGERS ; ANTITRUST LEGISLATION ; FREE TRADE;

    JEL classification:

    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • K23 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
    • F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation

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