an n to an n-1 player oligopoly after a merger in the industry. Competitors are identified via the European Commission s … the merger effect. We obtain results consistent with the predictions of standard oligopoly models: non-merging rivals …

Managers like to think well of themselves, and of the firms that employ them. However, positive illusions can bias a … our theory in the psychology of attribution, define self-serving behavior and provide experimental and survey evidence of …-serving behavior in the presence of myopic principals, or of forward-looking principals who anticipate the limitations of managers and …