This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … theories of harm in major merger cases in the past few years. We then analyse the characteristics of almost 300 acquisitions … important merger cases, Facebook/Instagram and Google/Waze, providing a systematic assessment of the theories of harm considered …

We study the effect of a merger between two Dutch supermarket chains to assess its effect on the depth as well as … composition of assortment. We adopt a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits local variation in the merger’s effects …, controlling for selection on observables through a matching procedure when defining our control group. We show that the merger led …

compatibility and can engage in bundling. We consider the impact of merger on prices, investment and consumer surplus. We also …

This paper studies the investment decision by a monopolistic internet service provider (ISP) in different regulatory …

The seminal paper by Salant, Switzer and Reynolds (1983) showed that merger in a standard Cournot framework with linear … demand and linear costs is not profitable unless a large majority of the firms are involved in the merger. However, many … recurring to cost savings of merger. Firms interact with each other, with customers, suppliers, their owners, and with …