Horizontal mergers and uncertainty
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- Le Pape, Nicolas & Zhao, Kai, 2014. "Horizontal mergers and uncertainty," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), vol. 8, pages 1-31.
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Keywords
merger; competition authorities; uncertainty; asymmetric information;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
- D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
- L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
- L40 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2013-12-29 (Business Economics)
- NEP-COM-2013-12-29 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-IND-2013-12-29 (Industrial Organization)
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