Untersuchungen zu den Auswirkungen von Fusionen auf Firmen und Märkte stehen bereits seit langem im Brennpunkt wirtschaftspolitischen und akademischen Interesses. Aufgrund der engen Verknüpfung von Innovation, Wachstum und Konsumentenwohlfahrt ist für die Wettbewerbspolitik insbesondere die...

We propose a framework to examine tendencies of convergence in the jurisdictional patterns of the American FTC and the European Commission. Based on a sample of 595 merger cases scrutinized by either of these agencies in the 1995 - 2007 period, we calibrate logit models of the probability of...

Previous work has shown that state-level antitrust enforcement activity may have impacts on entry and relocation behavior by U.S. firms. Significant state-level antitrust activity may be an indicator of a perceived adverse business environment and it is found to deter establishment entry,...

We study the evolution of the EC’s merger decision procedure over the first 25 years of European competition policy. Using a novel dataset constructed at the level of the relevant markets and containing all merger cases over the 1990-2014 period, we evaluate how consistently arguments related...

We study the evolution of EC merger decisions over the first 25 years of common European merger policy. Using a novel dataset at the level of the relevant antitrust markets and containing all merger cases scrutinized by the Commission over the 1990-2014 period, we evaluate how consistently...