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    Price-concentration analysis in merger cases with differentiated products

    Beckert, Walter and Mazzarotto, N. (2010) Price-concentration analysis in merger cases with differentiated products. Economics 4 , ISSN 1864-6042.

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    Abstract

    This paper considers the empirical assessment of the relationship between prices and number of firms in local markets in geographic or, more generally, characteristic space and its use as evidence in merger cases. It outlines a structural, semi-nonparametric econometric model of competition in such markets, examines its testable implications in terms of price-concentration relationships, and demonstrates that the model is non-parametrically identified. This general approach to price-concentration analysis in differentiated product markets is illustrated in a small-scale application to cinemas in the UK. The application highlights the main decision points faced by an authority when assessing the weight that can be attached to this type of analysis as evidence.

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): Differentiated products, local competition, non-parametric identification
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School
    Research Centres and Institutes: Commodities Finance Centre
    Depositing User: Administrator
    Date Deposited: 08 Dec 2010 11:04
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 16:51
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/1923

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