Upstream-Downstream Specialization by Integrated Firms in a Partially Integraded Industry

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of upstream cost asymmetries on the behavior of integrated firms. The model highlights the respective roles of strategic considerations and of cost considerations in the determination of an integrated firm's interaction with the non integrated sector of the industry, on its relative upstream-downstream specialization.

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Year of publication:	1996
Authors:	Gaudet, G. ; Van Long, N. ; Soubeyran, A.
Institutions:	Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille (GREQAM), Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE)
Subject:	VERTICAL INTEGRATION \| MARKET STRUCTURE \| COMPETITION POLICY

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Series:	G.R.E.Q.A.M..
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	16 pages
Classification:	L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance ; L4 - Antitrust Policy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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