Endogenous Merger Waves in Vertically Related Industries
25 Pages
Posted: 24 Nov 2011
Last revised: 30 Nov 2011
Fudan University - School of Management
The University of Hong Kong - School of Business
Date Written: October 1, 2011
Abstract
We study merger waves in vertically related industries where firms can engage in both vertical and horizontal mergers. Even though any individual merger would have been profitable, firms may refrain from merging for fear of negative impacts from other mergers. When they do merge, however, they always merge in waves, which is either vertical or horizontal depending on the relative intensity of double markup and horizontal competitions in the two industries. Finally, merger waves may happen with or without any fundamental change in the underlying economic conditions.
Keywords: merger wave, horizontal mergers, vertical mergers, stable market structure
JEL Classification: L13, L42, D43
Suggested Citation:
Suggested Citation
Yao, Zhiyong and Zhou, Wen, Endogenous Merger Waves in Vertically Related Industries (October 1, 2011). NET Institute Working Paper No. 11-34. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1958093 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1958093
