Brekke, Kurt R.; Siciliani, Luigi; Straume, Odd Rune - Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas … - 2014
Using a spatial competition framework with three ex ante identical firms, we study the effects of a horizontal merger … and prices. Overall, a merger leads to higher average prices and quality in the market. The welfare implications of a … merger are not clear-cut. If the demand responsiveness to quality is sufficiently high, some consumers benefit from the …