Discussion PaperNo. 2015-54 | July 24, 2015 | http://www.economics-ejournal.org/economics/discussionpapers/2015-54On Merger Profitability and the Intensity of RivalryMarc Escrihuela-VillarAbstractThis paper considers a general symmetric quantity-setting oligopoly where the “coefficient of cooperation” defined by Cyert and DeGroot (An Analysis of Cooperation and Learning in a Duopoly Context, 1973) is interpreted as the parameter indicating severity of competition. It is obtained that horizontal mergers are more likely to be profitable in a more competitive market structure. Consequently, the results by Salant, Switzer and Reynolds (The Effects of an ExogenousChange in Industry Structure on Cournot-Nash Equilibrium, 1983) about merger profitability are sensitive to the assumption of pre-merger Cournot competition.
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