Search Results - subject:"Merger Control"

Internet Ready : Agency Enforcement of Online Mergers

Tucker, Darren S.; Okuliar, Alexander - 2014

Antitrust enforcement in technology industries can be challenging: historical market information may have limited relevance, market shares may be unstable, and new entrants can be highly disruptive. Both the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice have acknowledged the rigors of...

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The Dynamics of Mergers Among (Ex)Co-Conspirators in the Shadow of Cartel Enforcement

Marx, Leslie M.; Zhou, Jun - 2014

We investigate cartelists’ merger behavior using European Commission (EC) cartel decisions over a 28-year span and information on cartelists’ merger activities over the last 30 years. We find that mergers occur frequently. But they cluster in a few particular industries and usually include...

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Innovation Markets, Future Markets, or Potential Competition : How Should Competition Authorities Account for Innovation Competition in Merger Reviews?

Kern, Benjamin R. - 2014

The relevant competitors in regard to innovation might, but not necessarily do, correspond to the identified competitors on actual product markets. Hence, the conventional analysis of product markets, in order to assess the potential anticompetitive effects of mergers, is insufficient to capture...

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Minority Shareholdings in EU Merger Control

Demir, Hasan - 2014

This paper reviews the regulation about the minority shareholdings in EU Merger Control. It also focuses on economic …

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Dynamic Efficiency Considerations in EC Merger Control : An Intractable Subject or a Promising Chance for Innovation?

Fackelmann, Christian R. - 2014

Dynamic efficiencies theoretically bear greater potential than static efficiencies. Yet, their role in merger control … is limited, not least due to difficulties in their practical implementation. At the same time, the new EC Merger Control … efficiencies in the current merger control regime, and (ii) what are the main problems in practice, and what would adequately …

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Enforcement vs Deterrence in Merger Control : Can Remedies Lead to Lower Welfare?

Cosnita, Andreea; Sorgard, Lars - 2014

This paper deals with the enforcement of merger policy, and aims to study how merger remedies affect the deterrence accomplished by controlling mergers. We determine the optimal frequency of investigations launched by the agency, and identify situations where the introduction of remedies can...

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Fight Cartels or Control Mergers? On the Optimal Allocation of Enforcement Efforts within Competition Policy

Cosnita-Langlais, Andreea - 2014

This paper deals with the optimal enforcement of competition law between merger and anti-cartel policies. We examine the interaction between these two branches of antitrust, given the budget constraint of the public agency, and taking into account the ensuing incentives for firms in terms of...

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Competition merger brief

Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Wettbewerb - [Brussels] : [Directorate-General for Competition, … - Issue 2014, 1 (November)-

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From research on mergers to merger policy

Søgard, Lars - In: International journal of the economics of business 21 (2014) 1, pp. 37-42

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How effective is European merger control?

Duso, Tomaso; Gugler, Klaus; Yurtoglu, B. Burcin - 2006

assess merger control's effectiveness. By using data gathered from several sources and employing different evaluation … techniques, we analyze the economic effects of the European Commission's (EC) merger control decisions and distinguish between … merging and rival firms' stocks to quantify the profitability effects of mergers and merger control decisions. We back up our …

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