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Happily ever after? - vertical and horizontal mergers in the U.S. media industry
Stöhr, Annika; Noskova, Victoriia; Kunz-Kaltenhäuser, … - 2019
This paper provides an economic analysis of recent vertical and horizontal mergers in the U.S. industry for audiovisual … media content, including the AT&T-Time Warner and the Disney-Fox mergers. Using a theory-driven approach, we examine … economic effects of these types of mergers on market competition, focusing on digital media content distribution. In doing so …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012011207
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Economics at the FCC, 2013–2014
Baker, Allison; Brennan, Timothy; Erb, Jack; Nayeem, Omar; … - In: Review of Industrial Organization 45 (2014) 4, pp. 345-378
<Para ID="Par1">We present a sample of recent FCC matters of economic interest. These include nonstructural remedies in a number of wireless telecommunications transactions, econometric attempts to identify which schools are likely to have access to fiber broadband, and the implementation of “rural broadband...</para>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011154756
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Future Role Of Cooperatives In Marketing Beans, Peas, And Lentils
Smith, Art - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1980
Pulse production in the United States has become geographically specific and concentrated, and the marketing channels for pulses have changed dramatically over the past 30 years. The most marked change has be~n the growth of large proprietary marketing firms which are vertically integrated as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878839
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Horizontal Mergers and Vertical Relationships.
Allain, M.-L.; Souam. S. - 2000
In this paper, we propose a model that provides an interpretation to the high concentration of the retail industry in the convenience goods market by comparing the incentives to merge of producers to those of retailers.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005780737
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Impact of Vertical Mergers on Industry Profitability: An Empirical Evaluation
Bhuyan, Sanjib - In: Review of Industrial Organization 20 (2002) 1, pp. 61-79
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067869
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Upstream Mergers, Downstream Mergers, and Secret Vertical Contracts.
Fumagalli, C.; Motta, M. - Department of Economics, European University Institute - 1999
of whether upstream or downstream firms have all the bargaining power. We then analyse two alternative mergers, and show … upstream mergers have the same effects when contracts are observable. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005697660
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The Incentive for Vertical Integration
Economides, Nicholas - NET Institute - 2005
This paper evaluates the incentive of firms to vertically integrate in a simple 2X2 Bertrand model of two substitutes that are each comprised of two complementary components. It confirms that all prices fall as a result of a vertical merger. Further, we find that, when the composite goods are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622744
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IMPACT OF VERTICAL MERGERS ON FOOD INDUSTRY PROFITABILITY: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION
Bhuyan, Sanjib - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2001
that increased vertical mergers in food industries would lower profits. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005536705
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An Examination of the Efficiency, Foreclosure, and Collusion Rationales for Vertical Takeovers
Shenoy, Jaideep - In: Management Science 58 (2012) 8, pp. 1482-1501
We investigate the efficiency, foreclosure, and collusion rationales for vertical integration in a large sample of vertically related takeovers. The efficiency rationale, as discussed under the transaction cost economics and property rights theories, posits that vertical integration mitigates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990522
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Endogenous mergers in markets with vertically differentiated products
Gabszewicz, Jean Jaskold; Marini, Marco; Tarola, Ornella - In: The B.E. journal of theoretical economics 19 (2019) 1, pp. 1-22
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