RT Journal Article
SR 00
ID 10.1287/mnsc.2023.04104
A1 Cornière, Alexandre de
A1 Taylor, Greg
T1 Data-Driven Mergers
JF Management Science
YR 2024
FD 2024-09
VO vol. 70
IS n° 9
AB We study mergers between firms operating in data-connected markets: the data  generated as a byproduct of the activity on market A can be used by firms operating  on market B. The effects of such a merger depend on whether data trade among  independent firms is possible, and on whether data use benefits consumers or leads  to more surplus extraction. When data increases product B’s quality, the merger  benefits consumers on both markets if data cannot be traded absent the merger, and  harms them otherwise. When data is used to extract consumer surplus on market B  the merger increases consumer surplus on market A and reduces it on market B.
PB nstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
SN 0025-1909
LK https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/49718/
UL http://tse-fr.eu/pub/129739