Downstream Competition, Foreclosure, and Vertical Integration.

This paper analyzes the impact of competition among downstream firms on an upstream firm's payoff and on its incentives to vertically integrate when firms on both segments negotiate optimal contracts. The author argues that tougher competiton decreases the downstream industry profit, but improves the upstream firm's negotiation position.

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Year of publication:	1999
Authors:	Chemla, G.
Institutions:	Paris X - Nanterre, U.F.R. de Sc. Ec. Gest. Maths Infor.
Subject:	MARKET STRUCTURE \| VERTICAL INTEGRATION \| ENTERPRISES

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Series:	Paris X - Nanterre, U.F.R. de Sc. Ec. Gest. Maths Infor..
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	31 pages
Classification:	D40 - Market Structure and Pricing. General ; L22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure: Markets vs. Hierarchies; Vertical Integration ; L40 - Antitrust Policy. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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