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Increasing Market Power and Merger Control

Social Science Research Network, 2019
A significant body of empirical research has documented a structural increase in margins across a wide range of industries and countries. This article analyses the potential implications of this trend for merger control.
T. Valletti, T. Valletti, Hans Zenger
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Efficiencies in merger control

2005
This book examines the background to a change in the legal framework which occurred in May 2004 with the entry into force of a new Merger Regulation that for the first time explicitly recognises the possibility of an efficiency defence. European Merger Control assesses the likely impact of this new regulation, and discusses the pros and cons of the ...
Jrissy Motis, Damien Neven, Paul Seabright   +2 more
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The Evolution of Theories of Harm in EU Merger Control

Social Science Research Network
We discuss the main theories of harm in EU merger control and their evolution since the 1990s. We present stylized facts and trends using data extracted from EU merger decisions by natural language processing tools.
Tomaso Duso, Lea Bernhardt, Joanna Piechucka   +2 more
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Geopolitical risks and prudential merger control

Journal of European Competition Law & Practice
: With the increased risks of international trade frictions and geopolitical disruptions merger control that does not account for such risks may be too lenient.
Massimo Motta, Volker Nocke, Martin Peitz   +2 more
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Efficiencies in merger control

OECD Competition Law and Policy Working Papers
Governments, Competition and Utility Regulation continues the series of annual books, published in association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School, which critically reviews the state of utility regulation and competition policy.
Jrissy Motis, Damien Neven, Paul Seabright   +2 more
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Should Mergers be Controlled? [PDF]

, 2000
Anticompetitive mergers benefit competitors more than the merging firms. We show that such externalities reduce firms' incentives to merge (a holdup mechanism). Firms delay merger proposals, thereby foregoing valuable profits and hoping other firms will merge instead - a war of attrition. The final result, however, is an overly concentrated market.
Fridolfsson, Sven-Olof, Stennek, Johan
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EU Merger Control

, 2014
Economic analysis plays a pivotal role in competition enforcement. Integrating an economic perspective on merger control with a legal perspective throughout, this is a comprehensive reference work on merger control in the EU.
Ioannis P. Kokkoris, Howard A. Shelanski
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The impact of mergers on innovation in EU merger control

Competition Law Journal, 2018
Are mergers good for innovation or do they hinder it? Finding a balance between protecting competition in innovation and allowing consolidation in markets where efficiencies might be generated has proven one of the biggest challenges of merger control in recent years.
Pascale Déchamps, Ilaria Fanton
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Merger Control

2007
Abstract Competition law in the PRC divides broadly into two regimes: merger control and unfair competition. Merger control deals with business mergers or acquisitions that may result in an excessive concentration, or that may obstruct fair competition or harm the interests of consumers.
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Mergers & Acquisitions and Merger Control

2022
Abstract This chapter on mergers and acquisitions (hereinafter M&A) is divided into four parts: acquisition of privately held corporations (private M&A), mergers by corporate reorganization, acquisition of publicly held corporations (public M&A), and merger control.
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