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Title: The Equilibrium Ownership of an International Oligopoly

Author(s): Henrik Horn and Lars Persson

Publication Date: November 1999

Keyword(s): Endogenous Market Structure, International Mergers and Tariff Jumping FDI

Programme Area(s): Industrial Organization and International Trade and Regional Economics

Abstract: Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is the dominant form of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), but has received only scarce attention in the theory literature on trade and investment. This paper highlights how the international pattern of ownership of productive assets may depend on features of trade and production costs. It suggests how high trade costs may be conducive to national ownership of assets, while international firms may arise at lower trade costs, contrary to what the 'tariff jumping' argument would suggest. It also shows how private and social incentives for M&A may differ for weak merger synergies, but converge when synergies are stronger.

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Horn, H and Persson, L. 1999. 'The Equilibrium Ownership of an International Oligopoly'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=2302