Trade Liberalization and the Profitability of Domestic Mergers

Gérard Gaudet and R. Kanouni

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Abstract: It is often thought that a tariff reduction, by opening up the domestic market to foreign firms, should lessen the need for a policy aimed at discouraging domestic mergers. This implicitly assumes that the tariff in question is sufficently high to prevent foreign firms from selling in the domestic market. However, not all tariffs are prohibitive, so that foreign firms may be present in the domestic market before it is abolished.

Keywords: MERGERS; ANTITRUST LEGISLATION; FREE TRADE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 G30 G34 K23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2001
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