Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/47580 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge No. 257
Publisher: 
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Tübingen
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes endogenous merger formation in oligopolistic markets where firms have different unit production costs. We reformulate the merger model, introduced by Barros (1998), by employing the core as cooperative equilibrium concept. We show that, depending on the size asymmetry in the pre-merger market, this alternative solution concept predicts a different post-merger market structure. For intermediate size differences, it is not the most efficient firm that is generally involved in the merger but the least efficient firm. Additionally, we present a welfare analysis which shows that under a wide range of size asymmetries, endogenous merger formation has a welfare improving net effect.
Subjects: 
Asymmetric endogenous mergers
Coalition formation
JEL: 
C71
G34
L41
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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