Firm Diversification, Mutual Forbearance Behavior and Price-Cost Margins

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conglomerate merger effects
Conglomerate Mergers
corporate strategy research
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Firm Diversification
Firm Integration
Firm Interdependence
Horizontal Interdependence
industrial organisation
Industry Price Cost Margins
interdependence
interfirm rivalry
market structure analysis
Merger Wave
Minimum Efficient Scale
Multi-market Contacts
Mutual Forbearance
Mutual Forbearance Behavior
Mutual Forbearance Hypothesis
Negative Relationships
oligopoly theory
OLS Estimate
Price Cost Margin Equation
Price Cost Margins
Quadratic Functional Forms
Sample Firms
Unadjusted Measures
Vertical Interdependence
Vertical Seller

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  • ISBN 9781138570696
  • Weight: 480g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 17 Jan 2018
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Concern over conglomerate mergers increased dramatically in the latter part of the twentieth century. An acceleration in conglomerate merger activity rekindled firms’ takeover fears and swamped trustbusters, and attention focused on the political and economic issues surrounding conglomerate mergers. Of particular importance is the possibility that conglomerate mergers may increase aggregate concentration and eventually create a ‘zaibatsu’ economy. This book, first published in 1984, addresses the issue by examining the mutual forbearance hypothesis. More specifically, do multi-market contacts among diversified firms affect market competition?

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