The Intercontinental Exchange's current attempted acquisition of NYSE-Euronext is the third takeover proposal in as many years. In this article the two previous attempts are reviewed and lessons are drawn from an antitrust and competition policy perspective concerning the evolving competitive...

We consider auction games where, prior to the auction, bidders spend resources to increase to their valuations. The market game is solved by solving an equivalent auxiliary social choice problem, We show that standard auctions are fully efficient, whereas reserve price requirements entail a...