Search Results - subject:"Merger Control"

The Effects of Competition Policy : Merger Approval, Entry Barrier Removal, Antitrust Enforcement Compared

Avdasheva, Svetlana - 2014

different competition policy measures: merger control, antitrust investigations on abuse of dominance, and changes of import …

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Behavioural Economics and the EU Merger Control Regime

Giannino, Michele - 2014

operators. It is however unsettled whether behavioural antitrust may have a role in merger control. This paper deals with the … question whether behavioural economics can play an effective role in EU merger control and how it can be possibly incorporated … may have in the context of the EU merger control seems to be still quite limited …

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Assessment of the Vertical Mergers, Before and After the Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines, is there a Difference?

Rana, Karan - 2014

This paper specifically looks at the differences or the similarities in the assessment of the vertical mergers conducted by the European Commission before and after the Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines. It will begin with the introduction of the New Guidelines adopted in 2007 and its aims and...

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What Lawyers Say Determines Choice of Law in Merger Agreements : A Complex Truth

Kostritsky, Juliet P. - 2014

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Internal Versus External Growth in Industries with Scale Economies : A Computational Model of Optimal Merger Policy

Mermelstein, Ben - 2014

We study optimal merger policy in a dynamic model in which the presence of scale economies implies that firms can reduce costs through either internal investment in building capital or through mergers. The model, which we solve computationally, allows firms to invest or propose mergers according...

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Can the EU Merger Control Regime Regulate Too Big to Fail Banks? Some Problems and a Proposal

Giannino, Michele - 2014

merger control regime can be successfully employed to regulate too big to fail banks by way of preventing the creation of … such large financial players. To this end, the article propounds the idea of a 'merger control approach'. This is a …

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Do Shareholders Benefit from a Merger : The Case of Compaq and HP Merger

Gurrib, Ikhlaas - 2014

On the 3rd September 2001, Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HWP) and Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) announced a definitive merger agreement to create an $87 billion global technology leader. The aim of this paper is to analyze if Compaq and HP shareholders have benefited from such a...

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Unilateral Effects Analysis in Merger Review : Limits and Opportunities

Coate, Malcolm B. - 2014

Many economists believe that unilateral effects analysis should dominate the merger review process for differentiated products. However, it is far from clear if these theoretical models are broadly applicable, as they impose monopoly-style entry assumptions that constrain the competitive...

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Assess the Importance of the Counterfactual in Merger Assessment with Regards to the Failing Firm Defence

Kyprianides, George P. - 2014

interpreted more flexibly in times of economic crisis. Discusses the role of the counterfactual assessment within the merger … control process …

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Introduction to the Analysis of Technological Progress in Merger Control

Laskowska, Magdalena - 2014

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