On merger profitability in a cournot setting

  1. Faulí Oller, Ramon
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Working papers = Documentos de trabajo: Serie AD

Argitalpen urtea: 1997

Zenbakia: 3

Mota: Laneko dokumentua

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In a setting where symmetric firms compete a la Cournot and costs are linear, the degree of concavity is identified as the main determinant of merger profitability. This allows to generalize the results in Salant et al (1983) and Cheung (1992).