What do economic simulations tell us? Recent mergers in the iron ore industry |
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Authors: | Robert Lundmark Mats Nilsson |
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Institution: | aDivision of Economics, Luleå University of Technology, 971 87 Luleå, Sweden;bSwedish Energy Agency, 631 04 Eskilstuna, Sweden |
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Abstract: | This paper investigates the European Commission's decision to allow a merger between two Brazilian iron ore mining companies, CVRD and Caemi, using data on the Direct Reduced Iron pellet market. By using a simulation model, we can directly simulate the total welfare effects from the merger and hence evaluate the merger from a new perspective. The results from our simulations suggest that the welfare effects are negative from the merger between CVRD and Caemi, which supports the conclusion drawn by the European Commission decision. By performing different simulations between hypothetical merger candidates, our results show that only mergers between small candidates have the potential to be welfare enhancing. |
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Keywords: | Welfare Iron ore Merger Simulation model Cournot |
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