Should One Sell Domestic Firms to Foreign Ones? A Tale of Delegation, Acquisition and Collusion

Dragone, Davide (2008) Should One Sell Domestic Firms to Foreign Ones? A Tale of Delegation, Acquisition and Collusion. Bologna: Dipartimento di Scienze economiche DSE, p. 26. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4627. In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE (623). ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract

In a model of repeated Cournot competition under complete information, I show how the existence of a fringe of managerial firms affects the stability of a cartel of strict profit-maximizing firms. There always exists a critical dimension of the fringe that makes the cartel unstable, and this dimension is non-monotone in the total number of Örms. By appropriately selecting the dimension of the fringe, a policy maker can affect the equilibrium outcome. As an example, I consider the case of a domestic authority that is contemplating whether to allow entry of a fringe of managerial foreign firms in the domestic market to increase the competitive pressure, thereby enhancing domestic welfare.

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Dragone, Davide
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Delegation, Cournot oligopoly, Cartel stability, Fringe.
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2282-6483
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