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When Mergers Fail: A Pedagogical Case Study of the Proposed Merger of Staples and Office Depot

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  • Bob Carbaugh
  • Toni Sipic

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Major corporate mergers in the office supplies retail industry have been blocked by the US government on two occasions in the last 20 years. This article presents a pedagogical treatment of the recently proposed, and ultimately failed, merger of Staples and Office Depot. The Williamson economic model of horizontal mergers is discussed and the 2015 and 1996 merger proposals of Staples and Office Depot are compared. We develop classroom materials for economics instructors who teach introductory and intermediate applied microeconomics courses.

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  • Bob Carbaugh & Toni Sipic, 2017. "When Mergers Fail: A Pedagogical Case Study of the Proposed Merger of Staples and Office Depot," Journal for Economic Educators, Middle Tennessee State University, Business and Economic Research Center, vol. 17(1), pages 30-39, Spring.
    • Handle: RePEc:mts:jrnlee:v:17:y:2017:i:1:p:30-39
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    1. Carbaugh Robert J & Ghosh Koushik, 2011. "United-Continental Merger," Journal of Industrial Organization Education, De Gruyter, vol. 5(1), pages 1-12, March.
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    Keywords

    Mergers; Williamson Model; Antitrust Laws; Office Supplies;
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    JEL classification:

    • A20 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - General
    • A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
    • L44 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Antitrust Policy and Public Enterprise, Nonprofit Institutions, and Professional Organizations

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