On the vertical integration of successiv
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Thomas W. Ross
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Article
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1992
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Springer US
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English
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This essay studies the private incentives for, and welfare consequences of, the vertical integration of successive monopolies. When the merged firm is as efficient as its pre-merger components, private and social interests coincide and the merger raises welfare by eliminating the double mark-up. Whe