National versus international mergers in unionised oligopoly

Kjell Lommerud (), Odd Rune Straume and Lars Sørgard

No 12/03, Working Papers in Economics from University of Bergen, Department of Economics

Abstract: We analyse how the presence of trade unions affects the pattern of mergers in an international oligopoly and the welfare implications thereof. We find that an international merger results in lower wages for all firms. A national merger results in higher wages, highest for the non-merging firms. Using a model of endogenous merger formation, we find that the equilibrium market structure, if it exists, always implies one or more international mergers. Unless products are close substitutes there are more mergers than socially preferred.

Keywords: Endogenous merger; Merger policy; Welfare; Trade unions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J51 L13 L41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2003-06-08
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Journal Article: National versus international mergers in unionized oligopoly (2006)
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