Endogenous market structure and foreign market entry
By: James R. Markusen, Frank Stähler.
Contributors: Stähler, Frank.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper  15530; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no.  15530.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "Models dealing with cross-border acquisitions versus greenfield investment usually assume that the entry of a foreign firm into a market has effects on the outputs of all domestic firms in that market, but exit or entry of local firms is not considered.  The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the acquisition versus greenfield versus exporting question under fixed versus free entry assumptions for local firms.  Our finding is that greenfield entry and exporting options are more attractive relative to acquisition when the local market structure adjusts to foreign entry through local entry or exit than when it is fixed.  The entering foreign firm may do better or worse under free entry versus a fixed market structure depending on its optimal choice under the latter assumption"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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