aggregate variety increases following a merger. However, with fixed cost synergies, an increase in aggregate variety can … indicate that the merger is beneficial. Our results also show high synergies do not necessarily improve consumer welfare. …

pricing pressure, and the vertical arithmetic. In addition, for each tool, its use in a recent U.S. merger case is illustrated …: for critical loss analysis, the Novelis/Aleris merger; for upward pricing pressure, the GE/Electrolux merger; and for the …

In this comprehensive review of ex-post merger studies price effects of horizontal transactions are evaluated. By … combining and further analyzing the results of 52 retrospective studies on 82 mergers or merger-like transactions it can be … shown that the industry alone is no strong indication for the direction of price-related merger effects. However, the "size …

Antitrust practitioners are mis-applying simple vertical merger screening techniques (e.g., vertical foreclosure … that, post-merger, the merged firm has an incentive to disadvantage rivals’ access to the upstream product thus driving … that standard critical loss analysis was backwards when it concluded that large pre-merger margins make harm from …

conduct merger simulations and why there are important antitrust issues related to integrating merging parties’ pricing … effects in a merger context.- Remedies. Why data compatibility and collusion risk are important considerations when “divesting …