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THE MERGER PARADOX AND WHY ASPIRATION LEVELS LET IT FAIL IN THE LABORATORY

机译:合并的悖论和为何令人振奋的水平使实验室失败

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We study the merger paradox, a relative of Harsanyi's bargaining paradox, in an experiment. We examine bilateral mergers in experimental Cournot markets with initially three or four firms. Standard Cournot-Nash equilibrium predicts total outputs well. However, merged firms produce significantly more output than their competitors. As a result, mergers are not unprofitable. By analysing control treatments, we provide an explanation for these results based on the notion of aspiration levels, and show that the same logic also operates when a new firm enters a market. These results have some general consequences for adaptive play in changing environments.
机译:我们在实验中研究了合并悖论(Harsanyi讨价还价悖论的亲属)。我们考察了试验性的古诺市场上最初有三到四家公司的双边合并。标准的古诺-纳什均衡可以很好地预测总产出。但是,合并后的公司所产生的产出要比竞争对手大得多。因此,合并并非无利可图。通过分析控制方法,我们基于期望水平的概念对这些结果进行了解释,并表明当新公司进入市场时,同样的逻辑也会起作用。这些结果对不断变化的环境中的适应性比赛产生了一些普遍的影响。

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