sumboxdata: Box Plot Statistics for "Summary" Tab for Horizontal Mergers

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Box Plot Statistics for "Summary" Tab for Horizontal Mergers

Description

A dataset containing the summary statistics necessary to make boxplots according to supply, demand, and percent of outside share for horizontal mergers so as to examine the distribution of outcomes.

Usage

sumboxdata

Format

A data frame with 210 rows and 10 variables

Demand

log, logit, aids, ces, linear

Model

cournot:log, cournot: linear, bertrand:aids, bertrand:logit, bertrand:ces, auction:logit

Outcome

post-Merger index of interest (Industry Price Change (percent), Merging Party Price Change (percent), Consumer Harm (dollars), Producer Benefit (dollars), Net Harm (dollars)

Supply

bertrand, cournot, auction

high_wisk

maximum

low_wisk

minimum

pct25

25th percentile boxplot line

pct50

50th percentile boxplot line

pct75

75th percentile boxplot line

shareOutThresh

outside share threshold in percent (20–70)

References

Taragin, C., & Loudermilk, M. (2019). Using measures of competitive harm for optimal screening of horizontal mergers. mimeo.doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30872.85760/1.

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