The paper discussed in this episode is: Killer Acquisitions, by Colleen Cunningham, Florian Ederer, and Song Ma.

Other papers referenced in this episode are:

Lemley, Mark A. and Carl Shapiro, “Probabilistic Patents,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2005, 19 (2), 75–98.

Shapiro, Carl, “Antitrust Limits to Patent Settlements,” RAND Journal of Economics, 2003, pp. 391–411.

Wollmann, Thomas G, “Stealth Consolidation: Evidence from an Amendment to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act,” American Economic Review: Insights, 2019, 1 (1), 77–94.