%0 Journal Article %T Merger Policy and Efficiency Gains %A ¨¢valos Bracho %A Marcos %J Econom¨ªa mexicana. Nueva ¨¦poca %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X this paper provides a discussion on mergers and the role played by efficiency gains. by introducing a capacity-constrained cournot model, we show that one way to extract useful information from merging firms is to design a scheme (requiring that the firms divest some of their assets) that leads to self-selection of the more socially worthwhile mergers. %K efficiency gains %K merger policy %K structural remedies. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1665-20452010000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en