Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/129575 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper Series No. 14-22
Publisher: 
University of Mannheim, Department of Economics, Mannheim
Abstract: 
We develop a model of interlocking bilateral relationships between upstream firms (manufacturers)that produce differentiated goods and downstream firms (retailers) that compete imperfectly for consumers. Contract offers and acceptance decisions are private information to the contracting parties. We show that both exclusive dealing and vertical integration between a manufacturer and a retailer lead to vertical foreclosure, to the detriment of consumers and society. Finally, we show that firms have indeed an incentive to sign such contracts or to integrate vertically.
Subjects: 
vertical relations
exclusive dealing
vertical merger
foreclosure
bilateral contracting
JEL: 
L13
L42
D43
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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