This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … investigated mergers and whether a more effective merger control regime can be achieved within the current legal framework. … theories of harm in major merger cases in the past few years. We then analyse the characteristics of almost 300 acquisitions …

these multi-sided companies along with each company’s most important market segments. We then track their mergers and …

This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … investigated mergers and whether a more effective merger control regime can be achieved within the current legal framework … theories of harm in major merger cases in the past few years. We then analyse the characteristics of almost 300 acquisitions …

This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … investigated mergers and whether a more effective merger control regime can be achieved within the current legal framework … theories of harm in major merger cases in the past few years. We then analyse the characteristics of almost 300 acquisitions …

We find that stricter merger control legislation increases abnormal announcement returns of targets in bank mergers by … 7 percentage points. Analyzing potential explanations for this result, we document an increase in the pre-merger … other banks. Other merger properties, including the size and risk profile of targets, the geographic overlap of merging …

emergence of new business models. The increasing roles of digital platforms as well as data-driven markets represent two …

In this paper, we analyse the final decisions for merger cases prepared by the European Commission (EC) since 1990 and … build a unique subsample for all non-cleared cases. These incorporate all merger notifications which were either withdrawn …

This is a survey of the economic principles that underlie antitrust law and how those principles relate to competition … policy. We address four core subject areas: market power, collusion, mergers between competitors, and monopolization. In each … central features of antitrust policy. Our objective is to foster the improvement of legal regimes and also to identify topics …

traditional merger policy tools. This paper examines the acquisition strategies of the five major U.S. platforms—Google, Amazon … these operate differently than in the past. To address merger and acquisition concerns of multi-sided platforms, we develop …Should internet era merger policy differ from industrial era merger policy? Platform ecosystems rely on economies of …