Thursday, December 8, 2022
Upstream Mergers with Divestitures in Vertical Markets
Upstream Mergers with Divestitures in Vertical Markets
Abstract
This paper analyses a large upstream joint venture with divestiture in the French coffee market. Contrary to previous approaches used to study the effect of upstream divestiture on prices and economic welfare, we model the vertical market structure. First, we show that divestiture can lead to marginal cost savings for the buyer of the divested brand. Second, our results reveal that, accounting for upstream bargaining, the standard policy recommendation corresponding to request divestiture to small recipient firms might not hold.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/antitrustprof_blog/2022/12/upstream-mergers-with-divestitures-in-vertical-markets.html