Chapter 36 Antitrust Policy toward Horizontal Mergers

Recently there has been a notable increase in interest in antitrust law in much of the world. This chapter discusses antitrust policy toward horizontal mergers, the area of antitrust that has seen some of the most dramatic improvements in both economic tools and the application of economics in enforcement practice. The chapter discusses theoretical considerations, merger laws and enforcement practices, econometric methods for analyzing prospective horizontal mergers, and evidence concerning the ex post effects of actual horizontal mergers.

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Whinston, Michael D.
Published in:	Handbook of industrial organization : volume 3. - Amsterdam : Elsevier/North Holland, ISBN 978-0-444-82435-6. - 2007, p. 2369-2440
Subject:	Horizontal mergers \| Mergers \| Market power \| Price effects \| Unilateral effects \| Coordinated effects \| Efficiencies \| Merger guidelines \| Antitrust \| Merger simulation \| Fusion \| Merger \| Marktmacht \| Horizontale Integration \| Horizontal integration \| Wettbewerbspolitik \| Competition policy \| Fusionskontrolle \| Merger control \| Theorie \| Theory \| Kartellrecht \| Antitrust law \| Oligopol \| Oligopoly \| Übernahme \| Takeover \| Preis \| Price \| Wohlfahrtsanalyse \| Welfare analysis

Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1016/S1573-448X(06)03036-6 [DOI]
Classification:	L10 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance. General ; L13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets ; L40 - Antitrust Policy. General ; L41 - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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