Pass-through rates and the price effects of mergers

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 703-715

  Froeb, Luke ^a,c   Tschantz, Steven ^a,d   Werden, Gregory J ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States Department of Justice   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Mathematics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antitrust; Efficiencies; Merger; Pass through

Indexed keywords

ANTITRUST; EFFICIENCIES; MERGER; PASS-THROUGH;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ESTIMATION;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 28044459376     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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