What can be Expected from Mergers After Deregulation? The Case of the Long-Distance Bus Industry in France
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- Thierry Blayac & Patrice Bougette, 2022. "What can be Expected from Mergers After Deregulation? The Case of the Long-Distance Bus Industry in France," Post-Print hal-04015789, HAL.
- Thierry Blayac & Patrice Bougette, 2022. "What Can Be Expected from Mergers after Deregulation? The Case of the Long-Distance Bus Industry in France," GREDEG Working Papers 2022-34, Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France.
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Keywords
Long-distance bus industry; Mergers and acquisitions; Deregulated industry; Consolidation; Intramodal competition; Difference-in-differences estimation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
- L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
- L43 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Legal Monopolies and Regulation or Deregulation
- L92 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
- K23 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
- R40 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - General
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