Backward Integrated Information Gatekeepers and Independent Divisions in the Product Market

Chen Jihui
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Chen Jihui: University of North Dakota, susan.chen@mail.business.und.edu

The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2008, vol. 8, issue 1, 10

Abstract: This paper examines the welfare effects of vertical integration by an "information gatekeeper" into the product market it serves. Both the integrated gatekeeper and competing firms in the product market earn higher profits, but social welfare declines.

Keywords: information gatekeeper; vertical merger (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.2202/1935-1704.1426

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