Mergers in asymmetric stackelberg markets
- Escrihuela Villar, Marc
- Faulí Oller, Ramon
Année de publication: 2007
Número: 14
Type: Working Paper
Résumé
It is well known that the profitability of horizontal mergers with quantity competition is scarce. However, in an asymmetric Stackelberg market we obtain that some mergers are profitable. Our main result is that mergers among followers become profitable when the followers are inefficient enough. In this case, leaders reduce their output when followers merge and this reduction renders the merger profitable. This merger increases price and welfare is reduced.