Asymmetric Collusion and Merger Policy

In their merger control, EU and the US have considered symmetric size distribution (cost structure) of rms to be a factor potentially leading to collusion. We show that forbidding mergers leading to symmetric market structures can induce mergers leading to asymmetric market structures with higher ri...

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Autor principal: Ganslandt, Mattias (author)
Outros Autores: Persson, Lars (author), Vasconcelos, Hélder (author)
Formato: workingPaper
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2018
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/25298
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/25298