Kerber, Wolfgang; Kern, Benjamin; Dewenter, Ralf - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2014
and 2008 were analyzed in regard to the question to what extent and how the agencies assessed the innovation effects of … mergers. Theoretical background is the still open question how negative effects of mergers on innovation should be taken into … account in merger policy. Although we can show in our study that in one third of all challenged mergers also innovation …