Topic · Merger and Competition Analysis
Most cited papers in Merger and Competition Analysis
What are the most cited papers in Merger and Competition Analysis?
The most cited paper in Merger and Competition Analysis is "Markets and Hierarchies: Analysis and Antitrust Implications." (Daniel Patrick O'Brien, Oliver E. Williamson, 1976), with 13,754 citations. Next come "The economic institutions of capitalism firms, markets, relational contracting" (7,338) and "The Economics of Discrimination." (3,664).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 717 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markets and Hierarchies: Analysis and Antitrust Implications. Daniel Patrick O'Brien, Oliver E. Williamson · The Economic Journal | Sep 1976 | 13,754 |
| 2 | The economic institutions of capitalism firms, markets, relational contracting Oliver E. Williamson | 1985 | 7,338 |
| 3 | The Economics of Discrimination. David A. Collard, Gary S. Becker · The Economic Journal | Jun 1972 | 3,664 |
| 4 | Politicians and Firms Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Nov 1994 | 3,443 |
| 5 | Plants and Productivity in International Trade Andrew B. Bernard, Jonathan Eaton, J. Bradford Jensen et al. · American Economic Review | Aug 2003 | 3,017 |
| 6 | Market Size, Trade, and Productivity Centro Studi, Marc J. Melitz, Marc J. Melitz | 2005 | 2,912 |
| 7 | What Determines Productivity? Chad Syverson · Journal of Economic Literature | Jun 2011 | 2,844 |
| 8 | Industrial market structure and economic performance Frederic M. Scherer, David Gaddis Ross | 1990 | 2,621 |
| 9 | Globalization and the Gains From Variety Christian Broda, David E. Weinstein · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | May 2006 | 2,540 |
| 10 | Bargaining Structure, Corporatism and Macroeconomic Performance Lars Calmfors, John Driffill, Seppo Honkapohja et al. · Economic Policy | Apr 1988 | 2,372 |
| 11 | Premiums for High Quality Products as Returns to Reputations Carl Shapiro · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Nov 1983 | 2,361 |
| 12 | Gravity Equations: Workhorse,Toolkit, and Cookbook Keith Charles Head, Thierry Mayer · Handbook of international economics | 2014 | 2,291 |
| 13 | Noncooperative Collusion under Imperfect Price Information Edward J. Green, Robert H. Porter · Econometrica | 1984 | 2,068 |
| 14 | From Entry Barriers to Mobility Barriers: Conjectural Decisions and Contrived Deterrence to New Competition* Richard E. Caves, Michael E. Porter · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | May 1977 | 2,034 |
| 15 | Relaxing Price Competition Through Product Differentiation Avner Shaked, John David Sutton · The Review of Economic Studies | 1982 | 2,028 |
| 16 | Direct Marketing, Indirect Profits: A Strategic Analysis of Dual-Channel Supply-Chain Design Wei–yu Kevin Chiang, Dilip Chhajed, James D. Hess · Management Science | 2003 | 1,836 |
| 17 | Effective interim collaboration: how firms minimize transaction costs and maximise transaction value Jeffrey H. Dyer · Strategic Management Journal | Aug 1997 | 1,796 |
| 18 | On the Estimation of Beta-Pricing Models Jay A. Shanken · Review of Financial Studies | 1992 | 1,717 |
| 19 | On the Efficiency of Matching and Related Models of Search and Unemployment Arthur J. Hosios · The Review of Economic Studies | Apr 1990 | 1,592 |
| 20 | Commodity Bundling and the Burden of Monopoly William James Adams, Janet L. Yellen · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Aug 1976 | 1,582 |
| 21 | The economics of networks Nicholas Economides · International Journal of Industrial Organization | Oct 1996 | 1,580 |
| 22 | Trade Liberalization, Exports, and Technology Upgrading: Evidence on the Impact of MERCOSUR on Argentinian Firms Paula Bustos · American Economic Review | Feb 2011 | 1,568 |
| 23 | Competition when Consumers have Switching Costs: An Overview with Applications to Industrial Organization, Macroeconomics, and International Trade Paul D. Klemperer · The Review of Economic Studies | Oct 1995 | 1,568 |
| 24 | Market Structure and Innovation. P. Lesley Cook, Morton I. Kamien, Nancy L. Schwartz · The Economic Journal | Dec 1982 | 1,530 |
| 25 | Markets with Consumer Switching Costs Paul D. Klemperer · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | May 1987 | 1,512 |
| 26 | Competition, cooperation, and innovation David J. Teece · Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization | Jun 1992 | 1,399 |
| 27 | Losses from Horizontal Merger: The Effects of an Exogenous Change in Industry Structure on Cournot-Nash Equilibrium Stephen Walter Salant, Sheldon Switzer, Robert J. Reynolds · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | May 1983 | 1,388 |
| 28 | Chapter 17 Empirical studies of industries with market power Timothy F. Bresnahan · Handbook of Industrial Organization | 1989 | 1,295 |
| 29 | Competition Policy. Theory and Practice Massimo Motta | 2004 | 1,282 |
| 30 | A Probabilistic Choice Model for Market Segmentation and Elasticity Structure Wagner A. Kamakura, Gary J. Russell · Journal of Marketing Research | Nov 1989 | 1,261 |
| 31 | A ‘reciprocal dumping’ model of international trade James A. Brander, Paúl Krugman · Journal of International Economics | Nov 1983 | 1,234 |
| 32 | The Market for News Sendhil Mullainathan, Andrei Shleifer · American Economic Review | Aug 2005 | 1,227 |
| 33 | Managerial Incentives and Product Market Competition Klaus M. Schmidt · The Review of Economic Studies | Apr 1997 | 1,218 |
| 34 | The Economics of Rights, Co-operation and Welfare. Alan Hamlin, Robert Sugden · The Economic Journal | Sep 1987 | 1,170 |
| 35 | The Role of Investment in Entry-Deterrence Avinash K. Dixit · The Economic Journal | Mar 1980 | 1,150 |
| 36 | Managing Channel Profits Abel P. Jeuland, Steven M. Shugan · Marketing Science | Aug 1983 | 1,146 |
| 37 | Global Sourcing Pol Antràs, Elhanan Helpman · Journal of Political Economy | 14 May 2004 | 1,137 |
| 38 | Die Gesellschaft der Singularitäten Andreas Reckwitz | 2018 | 1,131 |
| 39 | Macroeconomic Effects of Regulation and Deregulation in Goods and Labor Markets Olivier Jean Blanchard, Francesco Giavazzi · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Aug 2003 | 1,128 |
| 40 | The choice of organizational form The case of franchising James A. Brickley, Frederick H. Dark · Journal of Financial Economics | Jun 1987 | 1,089 |
| 41 | A Representation and Economic Interpretation of a Two-Level Programming Problem Jose Fortuny‐Amat, Bruce A. McCarl · Journal of the Operational Research Society | Sep 1981 | 1,087 |
| 42 | Equilibrium Distributions of Sales and Advertising Prices G Butters · The Review of Economic Studies | Oct 1977 | 1,073 |
| 43 | Consumer Demand. A New Approach. John Denis Sargan, Kelvin J. Lancaster · The Economic Journal | Dec 1972 | 1,059 |
| 44 | Bargains and Ripoffs: A Model of Monopolistically Competitive Price Dispersion Steven C. Salop, Joseph E. Stiglitz · The Review of Economic Studies | Oct 1977 | 1,055 |
| 45 | Imperfect competition and international trade: Evidence from fourteen industrial countries Elhanan Helpman · Journal of the Japanese and International Economies | Mar 1987 | 1,052 |
| 46 | Price Competition in a Channel Structure with a Common Retailer Sungchul Choi · Marketing Science | Nov 1991 | 1,051 |
| 47 | Do Gasoline Prices Respond Asymmetrically to Crude Oil Price Changes? Severin Borenstein, A. Colin Cameron, Richard J. Gilbert · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Feb 1997 | 1,050 |
| 48 | Channel Conflict and Coordination in the E‐Commerce Age Andy A. Tsay, Narendra Agrawal · Production and Operations Management | 3 Jan 2004 | 1,049 |
| 49 | A JOINT ECONOMIC‐LOT‐SIZE MODEL FOR PURCHASER AND VENDOR Avijit Banerjee · Decision Sciences | Jul 1986 | 1,037 |
| 50 | Integration versus Outsourcing in Industry Equilibrium Gene M. Grossman, E. Helpman · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Feb 2002 | 1,034 |
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