merging and rival firms' stocks to quantify the profitability effects of mergers and merger control decisions. We back up our … assess merger control's effectiveness. By using data gathered from several sources and employing different evaluation … techniques, we analyze the economic effects of the European Commission's (EC) merger control decisions and distinguish between …

the period 1990-2002 to assess the effectiveness of European merger control. The basic idea is to relate announcement and … decision abnormal returns. Under a set of four maintained assumptions, merger control might be interpreted to be effective if … rents accruing due to the increased market power observed around the merger announcement are reversed by the antitrust …

Mergers that substantially lessen competition are challenged by antitrust authorities. Instead of blocking … mergers that were under the European Commission's scrutiny from 1990 to 2002. We use an event study methodology to identify … the potential anticompetitive effects of mergers as well as the remedial provisions on these transactions. Stock market …

quantify the profitability effects of mergers and merger control decisions. The basic idea is to relate announcement and … concentrations during the period 1990-2002 to assess the effectiveness of European merger control. We analyze the economic effects of … the European Commission's merger control decisions and distinguish between prohibitions, clearances with commitments …

Mergers that substantially lessen competition are challenged by antitrust authorities. Instead of blocking … mergers that were under the European Commission's scrutiny from 1990 to 2002. We use an event study methodology to identify … the potential anticompetitive effects of mergers as well as the remedial provisions on these transactions. Stock market …

increased the risks associated with the merger control process for businesses in Ireland and the EU. The first section of this … section examines proposed reforms regarding the types of transactions which must be notified under the merger control rules at …

There are legal grounds to hear competitors in merger control proceedings, and competitor involvement has gained … of competitor involvement in EU merger cases and give an overview of the legal discussion in the EU and US …

In the 1990s, European merger regulation (EMR) was biased against foreign acquirers, especially if the deal harmed … 2004. With a sample of 474 merger proposals submitted to the EC during 1990–2007, we show that the EC's protectionism from …

This article revisits the protectionism hypothesis related to the European merger regulation (EMR). In the 1990s, EMR … to have blocked mergers between US companies which have been approved by the US authorities. In addition, in 2002, the … EC in the 1990s. With a sample of 474 merger proposals submitted to the EC during 1990–2007, we show that the EC …