Concentrations horizontales et puissance d'achat

Claire Chambolle (), Lucie Muniesa and Marie-Astrid Ravon

Economie & Prévision, 2007, vol. n° 178-179, issue 2, 79-92

Abstract: This article analyzes the impact of mergers between retailers in a bilateral-oligopoly situation, when producers and retailers are in a two-on-two negotiation over a unit price in the intermediate market and when retailers are competing over quantity. We show that (i) a reduction in inter-brand competition reduces the individual profitability of an inter-retailermerger; (ii) theformationof a centralpurchasing entityhasnegativeeffects onretailers andconsumers alike.

Keywords: buying power; vertical relationships; horizontal mergers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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