Effects of vertical mergers on competition: evidence from the carbonated drinks industry
Alex Catling
The competitive impacts of vertical mergers are a long-standing question in antitrust economics. A recent wave of vertical mergers has reinvigorated the academic and policy debate on enforcement, and the discussion is far from settled. An example of this is that US antitrust authorities presented new vertical merger guidelines in 2020, but the Federal Trade […] The post Effects of vertical mergers on competition: evidence from the carbonated drinks industry appeared first on Microeconomic Insigh