Agrium Inc. retained CRA in its successful acquisition of Viterra Inc.’s retail agri-products business. Our experts conducted economic analyses that demonstrated how the acquisition would impact pricing and competitive effects in local markets for nitrogen fertilizers. With the acquisition, Agrium approximately quadrupled the number of retail stores it controls in Western Canada.
How capacity constraints shape unilateral price effects in horizontal mergers
Examples include hospitals with a fixed number of beds, and hotels with a fixed number of rooms. In the article “Unilateral Price Effects in Horizontal...