Retrospective Studies by the Bureau of Economics

Numerous merger retrospective studies conducted in the Bureau of Economics have been released as working papers and have been published in academic journals. Below is a list of these studies including the title, author(s), journal, year of publication of the merger retrospective. We have also classified the primary industry(s) studied, the type of merger (horizontal/vertical), and the primary outcome(s) studied (e.g., price, output, or quality), and have provided a link to a downloadable version of each study.

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