prosecution. From a normative perspective, we show that merger policy is crucial when cost synergies are small (or nonexistent …

scrutinized by the European Commission between 1995 and 2014. We show that concentration, as measured by the market-specific post-merger … dimension analyzed. Strict past merger enforcement negatively correlates with concentration. Yet, this effect is stronger in the …

scrutinized by the European Commission between 1995 and 2014. We show that concentration, as measured by the market-specific post-merger … dimension analyzed. Strict past merger enforcement negatively correlates with concentration. Yet, this effect is stronger in the …

In the period following WW II. until the country accessed the European Union, cartels were legalized in Austria, upon … registration with the Austrian Cartel Court. We obtained access to the registration data, and scanned them all towards a …