Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76178 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 0208
Publisher: 
University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute, Zurich
Abstract: 
We consider market dynamics in a reduced form model. In the simplest version, there are two investors and several small noninvesting firms. In each period, one investor can acquire a small firm, the other investor decides about market entry. After that all firms play an oligopoly game. We derive conditions under which increasing market concentration arises with myopic firms, we show that a model with forward-looking firms and with arbitrary numbers of investors yield similar results. We apply the framework to a Cournot model with cost synergies and a Bertrand model where acquisitions extend the product spectrum of a firm.
Subjects: 
acquisitions
entry
concentration
synergies
product variety
JEL: 
D43
L11
L12
L13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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