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dc.contributor.authorLommerud, Kjell Erik
dc.contributor.authorOlsen, Trond E.
dc.contributor.authorStraume, Odd Rune
dc.date.accessioned2006-07-10T12:24:50Z
dc.date.available2006-07-10T12:24:50Z
dc.date.issued2005-04
dc.identifier.issn1500-4066
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/163593
dc.description.abstractThe international integration of regulated markets poses new challenges for regulatory policy. One question is the implications that the overall international regulatory regime will have for cross-border and/or domestic merger activity. In particular, do non-coordinated policies stimulate cross-border mergers that are overall inefficient, and is this then an argument for international coordination of such policies? The paper addresses this issue in a setting where firms must have access to a transportation network which is controlled by national regulators. The analysis reveals that while non-coordinated regulatory policies may induce cross-border mergers (by allowing the firms in question to play national regulators out against each other), this can nevertheless be overall welfare enhancing compared to market outcomes under coordinated regulation.en
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dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherNorwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of Finance and Management Scienceen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion paperen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2005:8en
dc.subjectaccess regulationen
dc.subjectendogenous mergeren
dc.subjectpolicy coordinationen
dc.titleAccess regulation and cross-border mergers : is international coordination beneficial?en
dc.typeWorking paperen


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