Endogenous mergers in concentrated markets

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1213-1244

  Horn, Henrik ^a,b,c   Persson, Lars ^d  

^a WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coalition formation; Endogenous mergers

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

COALITION FORMATION; ENDOGENOUS MERGER;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0035595806     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7187(99)00062-4     Document Type: Article

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