Essays in industrial organization / (2002)
Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Zürich, 2002.
Estimating Vertical Foreclosure in U.S. Gasoline Supply
We examine the competitive effects of the vertical integration of gasoline refineries and retailers in the U.S. Adapting the first-order condition approach of static oligopoly games to the analysis...
Acquisitions versus Entry: The Evolution of Concentration
Zava Aydemir, Armin Schmutzler
We consider market dynamics in a reduced form model. In the simplest version, there are two investors and several small noninvesting firms. In each period, one investor can acquire a small firm, the...
Estimating Vertical Foreclosure in U.S. Gasoline Supply
We examine the competitive effects of the vertical integration of gasoline refineries and retailers in the U.S. Adapting the first-order condition approach of static oligopoly games to the analysis...