Concentration Thresholds for Horizontal Mergers
<jats:p> Concentration-based thresholds for horizontal mergers, such as those in the US Horizontal Merger Guidelines, play a central role in merger analysis but their basis remains unclear. We show that there is both a theoretical and an empirical basis for focusing solely on the change in con...
Main Authors: | Nocke, Volker, Whinston, Michael D |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Economic Association
2022
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/144256 |
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