Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 175: International trade and the incentive for merger

Martin Chalkley; Geoff Stewart

Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 175: International trade and the incentive for merger

Martin Chalkley, Geoff Stewart

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This paper examines the profitability of horizontal merger in an open economy. We find that duopoly is a necessary, but not sufficient,condition for domestic merger to be profitable. A cross-border merger, however,can be profitable from any market structure.

Original language	English
Publisher	University of Dundee
Publication status	Published - 2004

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Name	Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics
Publisher	University of Dundee
No.	175
ISSN (Print)	1473-236X

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Merger
International trade
Oligopoly

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International trade and the incentive for merger
Chalkley, M. & Stewart, G., 2011, In: Applied Economics. 43, 13, p. 1673-1677
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