A Note on Upward Pricing Pressure : The Possibility of False Positives

Farrell and Shapiro proposed a simple test of the possible upward pricing pressure (UPP) following a merger. They showed that the test may give false negatives, that is, indicate that a merger may not give an UPP, while a more comprehensive test would indicate the opposite. We show that their test applied to a case with asymmetric firms may give false positives

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Mathiesen, Lars
Other Persons:	Nilsen, Øivind Anti (contributor) ; Sorgard, Lars (contributor)
Publisher:	[2012]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Theorie \| Theory \| Preismanagement \| Pricing strategy \| Fusionskontrolle \| Merger control

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (13 p)
Series:	NHH Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper ; No. 11/2012
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments May 8, 2012 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2071173 [DOI]
Classification:	K21 - Antitrust Law ; L41 - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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