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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>
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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...
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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.
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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
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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. …
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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...
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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. …
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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...
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Cross-Border Mergers and National Champions in an Integrating Economy
Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
and the social desirability of national vs. international mergers in relation to three different issues, (i) the level of … trade freeness, (ii) the possibility of rent appropriation on world markets, and (iii) direct "synergy" effects of mergers …. Cross-border M&A is privately and socially more attractive than domestic mergers. National competition policy may be too …
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Competition in Indian Banking
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial sector reforms in 1992. Using annual data on scheduled commercial banks for the period 1996-2004, the paper evaluates the validity of this claim in the Indian context. The...
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