Horizontal mergers: a solution of the insiders' dilemma

DOI10.1111/J.1467-8586.2009.00322.XMaRDI QIDQ3553244zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Berardino Cesi

Publication date 22 April 2010

Published in Bulletin of Economic Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.2009.00322.x

zbMATH Keywords

horizontal mergersinsiders' dilemmastick and carrot strategy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multistage and repeated games (91A20) Special types of economic markets (including Cournot, Bertrand) (91B54)

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