The ABC of complementary products mergers

Simon Anderson, Simon Loertscher and Yves Schneider

Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 106, issue 3, 212-215

Abstract: We present a simple model where mergers benefit consumers, harm outsiders and, depending on the shape of demand, can be profitable for insiders (and where mergers do not involve cost synergies).

Keywords: Complementary; products; Pro-competitive; mergers; Cournot-Ellet (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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