Search Results - subject:"Merger Control"

Merger remedies in oligopoly under a consumer welfare standard

Dertwinkel-Kalt, Markus; Wey, Christian - 2015

We analyze the welfare effects of structural remedies on merger activity in a Cournot oligopoly if the antitrust agency applies a consumer surplus standard. We derive conditions such that otherwise price-increasing mergers become externality-free by the use of remedial divestitures. In this...

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The duration of the EC merger control process: Determinants and the impact of the 2004 merger regulation reform

Heim, Sven; Hüschelrath, Kai; Laitenberger, Ulrich - 2015

entire merger control process. We use a dataset of 2953 Phase I and 92 Phase II investigations completed by the European …

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Competitors in merger control: Shall they be merely heard or also listened to?

Giebe, Thomas; Lee, Miyu - 2015

There are legal grounds to hear competitors in merger control proceedings, and competitor involvement has gained …

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Competitors In Merger Control: Shall They Be Merely Heard Or Also Listened To?

Giebe, Thomas; Lee, Miyu - Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, … - 2015

There are legal grounds to hear competitors in merger control proceedings, and competitor involvement has gained …

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The High-Wire Balancing Act of Merger Control under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law

Chin, Yee Wah - 2015

conclusion that there remains a risk that the AML merger control process will be politicized and trumped by industrial policy and … considers MOFCOM’s AML enforcement record. It summarizes the merger control regime created under the AML and its implementing … conduct post-transaction, as well as a recognition that its only opportunity to address concerns is at the merger control …

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Dynamic Efficiencies in Merger Analysis

West, Jeremy K. - 2015

This document (of 293 pages) comprises the proceedings of a roundtable on held by the OECD's Competition Committee in June 2007. It consists of an executive summary and background paper by the Secretariat, as well as 13 delegation submissions and a summary of the oral discussion. Generally...

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The Proper Role of Privacy in Merger Review

Tucker, Darren S. - 2015

There have been calls for the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice to consider the potential loss of consumer privacy as a factor in their merger reviews and to challenge mergers of firms with large stores of personal data that otherwise pose no competitive issues. I contend...

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The Broader Implications of Merger Remedies in High Technology Markets

Sokol, D. Daniel - 2015

Merger remedies are an area of increasing complexity around the world. They are also an area of increased focus by competition authorities both with regard to process (particularly coordination) and substance. Mergers in high technology (high tech) markets remain an area in which there seems to...

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Quality-Enhancing Merger Efficiencies

Blair, Roger D.; Sokol, D. Daniel - 2015

The appropriate role of merger efficiencies remains unresolved in US antitrust law and policy. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has led to a significant shift in health care delivery. The ACA promises that increased integration and a shift from quantity of performance through...

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Donald F. Turner at the Antitrust Division : A Reconsideration of Merger Policy in the 1960s

Niefer, M. - 2015

When viewed through the lens of current practice, antitrust policy in the 1960s appears to be economically irrational. However, a closer look at Donald F. Turner's tenure as head of the Antitrust Division from 1965 to 1968 suggests otherwise. When Turner became Assistant Attorney General (AAG)...

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