This article examines the price effects of gasoline stations following a retail merger in 2022. Using detailed station …, but with regional differences. These regional differences cannot be explained by horizontal merger effects. Instead …, creating demand pressure on local refineries. The findings highlight the importance of vertical relationships in merger …

effective competition. However, there is scope for so-called public interest considerations in several European merger control … competition, is a rare phenomenon. This paper gives an overview of public interest considerations in the merger policy of European …Nowadays, merger control predominantly relies upon a strict analysis of the effects from merger and acquisitions on …

The ministerial proposal for a 10th amendment of the German competition law particularly addresses abuse control and … seeks to tighten this pillar of competition policy against the background of the challenges from the digital economy. Next … merger control could also benefit from an ORAM-style conception. …

We review the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office Germany) decision on the proposed merger between Springer and …-economic approach in European merger control, a particular thorough line of argumentation, backed with particularly convincing economic … evidence, is necessary to justify a prohibition of a conglomerate merger from an economic point of view. Against this …

We review the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office Germany) decision on the proposed merger between Springer and …-economic approach in European merger control, a particular thorough line of argumen-tation, backed with particularly convincing economic … evidence, is necessary to justify a pro-hibition of a conglomerate merger from an economic point of view. Against this …

the German Reorganisation Act (UmwG). A merger passed at the General Annual Meeting will not move forward as long as any …