Merger of complements: Empirical evidence from the eyewear industry

We analyze the effects of a merger between sellers of perfect complements in an oligopolistic industry. Relying on a unique dataset listing every pair of glasses sold by almost 400 independent opticians in Germany, we study the effects of the 2018 merger between the global leading producer of ophtha...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of industrial organization Jg. 103; S. 103114
Hauptverfasser:	Gaudin, Germain, Nagel, Niklas
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Elsevier B.V 01.12.2025
Schlagworte:	Complementary products Conglomerate mergers Cournot effect Double marginalization Mergers D43 Cournot effect Double marginalization Complementary products L41 Mergers L42 Conglomerate mergers L13
ISSN:	0167-7187
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