In a competitive market, firms and consumers make decisions based on several aspects of the product involved. While price is a fundamental aspect, it is not the only one: in many markets, innovation, quality, variety or even privacy may play at least some role in the competition between firms....

The increasing number of cross-border mergers, the proliferation of merger control regimes, and the limited resources competition authorities have to enforce competition law make it important that authorities only review those mergers that have an impact on their jurisdiction. The 2005 OECD...

This paper explores the extent to which nascent acquisitions can be investigated and challenged when necessary under existing merger control frameworks. It identifies the need to conduct an in-depth counterfactual analysis, to consider new investigative tools, and to ensure that any claimed...

The OECD Competition Committee debated Dynamic Efficiencies in Merger Analysis in June 2007. This document includes an executive summary and the documents from the meeting: a background note by the OECD Secretariat as well as written submissions from Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, the...

The OECD Competition Committee debated remedies in Merger Cases in June 2011. This document includes an executive summary of that debate and the documents from the meeting: an issues paper the OECD, written submissions from Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Estonia, Finland, France,...

This paper presents the key features of merger control regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean, including recent developments in the area. It was prepared as background material for the session "Merger Control in Latin America and the Caribbean" held at the 2017 Latin American and Caribbean...

This paper highlights recent trends on FDI screening to safeguard essential security interests and merger control mechanisms while exploring the relationship between investment and competition policies. It was prepared as a background note for discussions on “The Relationship between FDI...

This paper discusses the circumstances in which competition authorities can review potentially anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions that have been consummated, i.e. the merging parties have integrated the businesses and started operation as a single entity vis-à-vis customers, suppliers...

This paper discusses the role of merger control in dynamic markets and identifies the main practical proposals that have been made to adapt the different stages of the review process to take into account market dynamics over time. It was prepared as background for a discussion on merger control...