Unilateral effects of mergers with general linear demand

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2011
Volume: 111
Issue: 2
Pages: 119-121

Authors (3)

Hausman, Jerry (Massachusetts Institute of Tec...) Moresi, Serge (not in RePEc) Rainey, Mark (not in RePEc)

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Abstract

We derive the formula for the unilateral price effects of mergers of two products with linear demand in the general asymmetric situation. The formula uses the same information required to calculate upward pricing pressure in the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:111:y:2011:i:2:p:119-121
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25