Mixed Duopoly, Merger and Multiproduct Firms
ISSN: 1134-8984
Argitalpen urtea: 2000
Zenbakia: 10
Mota: Laneko dokumentua
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Laburpena
The literature on mergers has extensively analyzed the decision to merge by private firms but it has not considered the decision to merge by private and public firms. We assume that when a private firm and a public firm merge (or when one of them acquires the other), they set up a multiproduct firm in which the government owns an exogenous percentage stake. In this framework, we show that the decision to merge by firms depends on the degree to which goods are substitutes and on the percentage of the shares owned by the government in the multiproduct firm.