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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Horizontal mergers"”.
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Risk, Returns to Scale and Monopoly Power in Horizontal Mergers: Theory and Evidence
… of the risk and return changes surrounding horizontal mergers. A multi-period model of the firm incorporating monopoly power and returns to scale is used to relate microeconomic variables to capital market variables. A new measure, combining the theoretical factors, is derived from simple …
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The impact of horizontal mergers and acquisitions on supply chain management : the case of the industrial maintenance, repair and overhaul distribution sector
… that can offer instantaneous growth, is through mergers with or acquisitions of (M&As) other businesses. If all goes well, M&A deals can reward numerous stakeholders, including institutional and individual shareholders, suppliers, customers as well as employees. Mergers and acquisitions can drive …
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Horizontal integration under yardstick competition
Horizontal integration through mergers and cross-ownership is ubiquitous; industries regulated by yardstick competition are no exception in this regard. However, even though yardstick competition is applied to sectors of vital economic importance, such as energy and water networks, the welfare …
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Essays on Platform Mergers and Dynamic Price Competition
… covers two innovative topics related to horizontal mergers. One chapter investigates the welfare effect of mergers in the platform markets; another one studies the impact of mergers where firms conduct dynamic price competition with asymmetric information. In Chapter 1, I analyze the …
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Essays on the Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions
… between acquiring and target plants, and between horizontal and non-horizontal mergers. The thesis focuses on two major research questions: do plants with specific characteristics self-select in merger activity, and is there a causal effect of M&A on the merging plants' performance parameters, in …
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Contributions to Antitrust Economics
… and firms' restructuring activities, perhaps mergers and acquisitions have historically captured the greatest amount of attention and has provoked the strongest sentiments for both sides of the issue. Microeconomic Theory has long supported the general assumption that market concentration …
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Essays in Industrial Organization
… Roberts and looks at potential entry defense. Horizontal mergers may be approved if antitrust authorities believe that new entry would limit any anticompetitive effects. This `potential entry defense' has led to mergers being approved in concentrated markets in several industries, including …
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Dynamic Models of Innovation and Learning
… analysis—namely, to evaluate the effect of horizontal mergers on innovation and welfare. Specifically, my results provide a micro-foundation for conceptual arguments made in recent high-profile merger cases (e.g. Dow/DuPont) based on an “innovation theory of harm," by which a statically …