Vertical mergers and downstream spatial competition with different product varieties

We show how, in an industry where no downstream firm can produce all varieties demanded, a vertical merger with a monopoly upstream will induce each downstream firm (inside and out of the merger) to deviate from the socially optimal location.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Beladi, Hamid ; Chakrabarti, Avik ; Marjit, Sugata
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 101.2008, 3, p. 262-264
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Product-differentiationPrice-discrimination Spatial-competition Firm-location Merger

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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