A Comment on 'Cross-Border Merger, Vertical Structure, and Spatial Competition'

7 Pages Posted: 26 Sep 2016

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Konstantinos Eleftheriou

University of Piraeus

Nickolas Michelacakis

University of Piraeus - Department of Economics

Vassilios G. Papavassiliou

University College Dublin (UCD) - Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business; UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy; University of Bologna - Rimini Center for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Date Written: September 25, 2016

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to revise and correct the results obtained in Beladi et al. [Beladi, H., Chakrabarti, A., Marjit, S., 2010. Cross-border merger, vertical structure, and spatial competition. Economics Letters 109, 112-114]. Specifically, we prove that the Nash equilibrium locations of the downstream firms are the same in the pre-merger free-trade case as they are following a cross-border upstream merger.

Keywords: Price-discrimination; Spatial-competition; Firm-location; Cross-border merger

JEL Classification: L13, L42, D43, R32, F10, F12

Suggested Citation

Eleftheriou, Konstantinos and Michelacakis, Nickolas and Papavassiliou, Vassilios G., A Comment on 'Cross-Border Merger, Vertical Structure, and Spatial Competition' (September 25, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2843265 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2843265

Konstantinos Eleftheriou

University of Piraeus ( email )

Karaoli and Dimitriou 80
80 KARAOLI & DIMITRIOU STREET
Piraeus, Attiki 18534
Greece

Nickolas Michelacakis

University of Piraeus - Department of Economics ( email )

Athens
Greece

Vassilios G. Papavassiliou (Contact Author)

University College Dublin (UCD) - Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business ( email )

Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Ireland

UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy ( email )

University College Dublin
Belfield, Dublin Dublin 4
Ireland

University of Bologna - Rimini Center for Economic Analysis (RCEA) ( email )

Via Patara, 3
Rimini (RN), RN 47900
Italy

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