Duarte Brito

M&A: The Industrial Organization Perspective

by D. Brito, M. Catalao Lopes

ISBN: 9041124519
Format: Hardcover

Drawing on twenty years of merger analysis literature, this single source offers practical solutions to a wide range of problems faced by specialists working in the field of mergers and acquisitions. The authors take an industrial organization approach in which effects on profits, on consumer surplus and on overall welfare are of greatest relevance. The focus is primarily on horizontal mergers, although vertical and conglomerate mergers are addressed when producers of complementary goods are involved.

The discussion proceeds from an analysis of the simplest exercise of market power to evermore complex merger environments. In their detailed coverage of policy evaluation of proposed acquisitions, the authors provide a merger simulation toolkit which can be applied to important recent judicial decisions in the field.

This book will be of great value not only to academics in microeconomics and industrial organization, but also to lawyers and officials seeking expert practical guidance in the business or administrative responsibilities surrounding mergers and acquisitions.

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by Duarte Brito, Pedro Pereira and João Vareda

WP nº 34 Can Two-Part Tariffs Promote Efficient Investment on Next Generation Networks?
by Duarte Brito, Pedro Pereira and João Vareda

WP nº 25 Product Differentiation when Competing with the Suppliers of Bottleneck Inputs
by Duarte Brito and Pedro Pereira

WP nº 16 Access to Bottleneck Inputs under Oligopoly: a Prisoners' Dilemma?
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WP nº 15 Mobile Virtual Network Operators: Beyond the Hyperbolae
by Duarte Brito and Pedro Pereira

WP nº 11 Some Investment and Competition Implications of the Ownership Structure of Overlapping Networks
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WP nº 10 Merger stability in a three firm game
by Duarte Brito and João Gata

WP nº 09 Ownership Structure of Cable Network and Competition in Local Access
by Duarte Brito and Pedro Pereira

WP nº 01 Should Alternative Mergers be Considered by Antitrust Authorities?
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