composition of assortment. We adopt a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits local variation in the merger’s effects … before the merger. While the low-variety target’s stores reduced the depth of their assortment when in direct competition …We study the effect of a merger between two Dutch supermarket chains to assess its effect on the depth as well as …

merger’s effects, controlling for selection on observables when defining our control group through a matching procedure. We … increased their product variety. By analyzing the effect of the merger on category prices, we find that the target most likely … claim by studying the effect of a national merger between two large Dutch supermarket chains on prices and on the depth as …

composition of assortment. We adopt a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits local variation in the merger’s effects … before the merger. While the low-variety target’s stores reduced the depth of their assortment when in direct competition …We study the effect of a merger between two Dutch supermarket chains to assess its effect on the depth as well as …

variety. PL introduction and PL-driven assortment changes of NBs impose a small effect on NB prices. In contrast, PLs strongly …

variety. PL introduction and PL-driven assortment changes of NBs impose a small effect on NB prices. In contrast, PLs strongly …

In this paper we analyse the bank merger between DnB and Gjensidige Bank in 2003, ranked by market share as number one … unaffected markets, but this relationship is weak and not statistically significant. The merger also affected the riskiness of … the modest effects of the merger. The weak effects are largely coincident with international literature showing the …

This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … investigated mergers and whether a more effective merger control regime can be achieved within the current legal framework … theories of harm in major merger cases in the past few years. We then analyse the characteristics of almost 300 acquisitions …