Data Linkage between Markets : Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm?

A merger of two companies that are active in seemingly unrelated markets creates data linkage: by selling a product in one market, the merged company acquires informational advantage in a competitive insurance market. In the insurance market, the informed insurer earns an economic rent through cream-skimming. Some of this rent is competed away in the product market. Overall, the data linkage makes the consumers better off

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Year of publication:	2022
Authors:	Herresthal, Claudia ; Majskaja, Tatʹjana ; Nikandrova, Arina
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (72 p)
Series:	CEPR Discussion Paper ; 17947
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments October 17, 2022 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.4238784 [DOI]
Classification:	D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information ; G22 - Insurance; Insurance Companies ; L22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure: Markets vs. Hierarchies; Vertical Integration ; L41 - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices ; L86 - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software ; D4 - Market Structure and Pricing
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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