Conglomerate Mergers

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The paper "Agency problems in a competitive conglomerate with production constraints" was completed. The study develops an adverse selection model of a competing conglomerate with production constraints. It fully characterize the first and the second-best contracts. When the production constraints make the first best outcome unattainable, the second-best contract is either separating or pooling.The paper "Conglomerate merger and divestment dynamics" was completed. It employs a discrete-time, infinite horizon theoretical model to analyze the diversifying and divesting behavior of a monopolist. The conglomerate acquires a firm and stays merged in periods where the value of the demand of the new market remains high. Otherwise, the conglomerate will merge and divest intermittently.