Pre-emptive mergers and downstream cost asymmetry
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Keywords
Horizontal merger; Vertical integration; Free-riding;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
- L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm
- L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
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