International trade and the incentive for merger
International trade and the incentive for merger
This paper examines the profitability of horizontal merger in an open economy. We fnd that duopoly is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for domestic merger to be profitable. A cross-border merger, however, can be profitable from any market structure.
merger, international trade, oligopoly
Chalkley, Martin
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Stewart, Geoff
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2004
Chalkley, Martin
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Stewart, Geoff
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Chalkley, Martin and Stewart, Geoff
(2004)
International trade and the incentive for merger
(Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics, 175)
Dundee, UK.
University of Dundee
10pp.
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Abstract
This paper examines the profitability of horizontal merger in an open economy. We fnd that duopoly is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for domestic merger to be profitable. A cross-border merger, however, can be profitable from any market structure.
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Published date: 2004
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JEL classifcation: L4, F2
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merger, international trade, oligopoly
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/34525
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Martin Chalkley
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Geoff Stewart
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