Cross-border mergers as instruments of comparative advantage

A two-country model of oligopoly in general equilibrium is used to show how changes in market structure accompany the process of trade and capital-market liberalization. The model predicts that bilateral mergers in which low-cost firms buy out higher-cost foreign rivals are profitable under Cournot...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neary, J
Other Authors: Review of Economic Studies Ltd
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing 2007
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