Published in:ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper ; No. 11-071
Extent:
1 Online-Ressource (43 p)
Language:
English
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.1987607
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments February 21, 2011 erstellt
Description:
We study a differentiated product market in which an investor initially owns a controlling stake in one of two competing firms and may acquire a non-controlling or a controlling stake in a competitor, either directly using her own assets, or indirectly via the controlled firm. While industry profits are maximized within a symmetric two product monopoly, the investor attains this only in exceptional cases. Instead, she sometimes acquires a non-controlling stake. Or she invests asymmetrically rather than pursuing a full takeover if she acquires a controlling one. Generally, she invests indirectly if she only wants to affect the product market outcome, and directly if acquiring shares is profitable per se