The purpose of this article is to show, based on the case of the French market, that consumer perception of different funeral service offers can be sufficient to impose competitive pressures on the various suppliers, including the former monopolist. With a discrete choice experiment implemented...

On September 21, 2011, the French Competition Authority (the "Autorité de la concurrence") issued a landmark decision involving the pay-TV industry ordering, for the first time the de-merger of a cleared merger for non-compliance with the commitments subscribed by the acquirer in 2006. Focusing...