Department of Economics

AUTHOR

Skartados Panagiotis

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Game Theory , Theory - 2023

Downstream Cross-Holdings and Upstream Collusion

We examine the effects of (passive) cross-holdings in the downstream market on the sustainability of upstream collusion. We consider two competing vertical chains with downstream Cournot and homogeneous goods. Each downstream firm holds a (symmetric) non-controlling share of its rival.

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