This study explores the critical role of market definition in antitrust and competition law, where defining the … relevant market is fundamental for assessing competition between firms, products, and markets. Traditional methods for market …

In current horizontal merger policy in the US and the EU an explicit efficiency defense is allowed. On both sides of …’ potential to harm consumers in the relevant market. Current merger policy is implicitly based on the assumption that rational … managers will only propose privately profitable mergers. In this thesis I will show that the empirical evidence on merger …

Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Economic Analysis of Competition Law (XXV cicle), is the result of a scientific research in … the field of the economic analysis of competition law developed through academic experiences at the Erasmus Rotterdam … Economics in France, as well as through professional experiences as competition economist at the Antitrust Department of Pavia …

The chapter tackles the key remedies in merger operation at European and Italian level. On the basis of the 2008 Notice … on remedies, the writers analyses the pros and cons of each remedy on the basis of the recurrent praxis of the European … Commission and of the Italian competition authority, also with respect to appeals launched at the European or Italian …