We investigate the impact of cartel breakdowns on merger activity. Merging information on cartel cases decided by the … European Commission (EC) between 2000 and 2011 with a detailed data set of worldwide merger activity, we find that, first, the … average number of all merger transactions increase by up to 51 percent when comparing the three years before the cartel …

especially the new, only-turnover-based notifiability thresholds. Additionally, abuse of dominance, cartel cases, concerted …

This paper deals with the optimal enforcement of competition law between merger and anti-cartel policies. We examine … account the ensuing incentives for firms in terms of choice between cartels and mergers. To the extent that a tougher anti-cartel …

This paper examines whether cartel breakdown provokes a period of intensive merger activity amongst the former … sample of 84 European cartels, it finds that mergers are indeed more frequent post-cartel breakdown, especially in markets … effects - alternatively, they may be the consequence of market restructuring, necessitated by more intense competition post-cartel …