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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w27533 |
来源ID | Working Paper 27533 |
Concentration Screens for Horizontal Mergers | |
Volker Nocke; Michael D. Whinston | |
发表日期 | 2020-07-20 |
出版年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Concentration-based screens for horizontal mergers, such as those employed in the US DOJ and FTC Horizontal Merger Guidelines, play a central role in merger analysis. However, the basis for these screens, in both form and level, remains unclear. We show that there is both a theoretical and an empirical basis for focusing solely on the change in the Herfindahl index, and ignoring its level, in screening mergers for whether their unilateral effects will harm consumers. We also argue, again both theoretically and empirically, that the levels at which the presumptions currently are set may allow mergers to proceed that cause consumer harm. |
主题 | Industrial Organization ; Antitrust |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w27533 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/585206 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Volker Nocke,Michael D. Whinston. Concentration Screens for Horizontal Mergers. 2020. |
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