Endogenous mergers and size asymmetry of merger participants

Pedro Pita Barros

doi:10.1016/S0165-1765(98)00082-2

Endogenous mergers and size asymmetry of merger participants

Pedro Pita Barros

NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)

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Abstract

This note presents a simple model highlighting the basic economic intuition about the relationship between initial market concentration and size asymmetry of merger participants. Merger participants are endogenously determined. The main result shows that a negative relation should be expected.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	113-119
Number of pages	7
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	60
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(98)00082-2
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 1998

Keywords

Endogenous mergers
L11
L41
Merger participants
Size assymmetry

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