A note on successive oligopolies and vertical mergers

Jean Gabszewicz () and Skerdilajda Zanaj ()

No 2007036, Discussion Papers (ECON - Département des Sciences Economiques) from Université catholique de Louvain, Département des Sciences Economiques

Abstract: In this paper we analyze how the technology used by downstream firms can influence input and output market prices. We show via an example that both these prices increase under a decreasing returns technology while the countrary holds when the technology is constant.

Keywords: successive oligopolies; vertical integration; technology; foreclosure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D43 L1 L22 L42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2007-12-06
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