Increasing Market Power and Merger Control

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. We argue that structural increases in firms' pricing power call for a pro-active assessment of potential competition cases and increased vigilance when reviewing horizontal concentrations more generally

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Year of publication:	2019
Authors:	Valletti, Tommaso M.
Other Persons:	Zenger, Hans (contributor)
Publisher:	[2019]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Marktmacht \| Market power \| Fusionskontrolle \| Merger control \| Wettbewerbspolitik \| Competition policy \| EU-Staaten \| EU countries

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (16 p)
Series:	Competition Law & Policy Debate ; Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 26-35, 2019
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments May 14, 2019 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.3387999 [DOI]
Classification:	K21 - Antitrust Law ; L41 - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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