Profitable horizontal mergers without cost advantages: The role of internal organization, information and market structure

Economica

Volumn 71, Issue 284, 2004, Pages 575-587

  Huck, Steffen ^a   Konrad, Kai A ^b   Müller, Wieland ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MARKET CONDITIONS; MERGER; PROFITABILITY;

EID: 9444275901     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-0427.2004.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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