EU. We use stock market data to identify cases where there are discrepancies between the European Commission’s decisions …The main goal of this paper is to empirically test the function of European merger control in light of the 2004 …, enhanced the efficiency of European merger control in the sense that the Commission’s assessments of mergers under the new …

the EU, addressing a wide array of non-tariff policies. We review the evolution of NTM types applicable to the EU … evaluating their ability to predict the trade effects of the EU-South Korea FTA. Our results show that, when accounting for … information on the components common in modern deep trade agreements, no additional trade effect is attributable to the EU …

current EU merger control regime) invites sneaky takeovers: Acquiring firms strategically use PPOs prior to a full merger …

current EU merger control regime) invites sneaky takeovers: Acquiring firms strategically use PPOs prior to a full merger …

2003 Abstract The “portfolio effect” theory developed by the European Commission in merger control is at the … varieties on con- sumers surplus. Any discussion on which criterion competition policy should focus on is far 15 beyond the … CMPO Working Paper Series No. 02/046 CMPO is funded by the Leverhulme Trust. Portfolio Effects and Merger …

This article takes an overview of the past and future of merger control, with an emphasis on current problems. The …

agencies: in the EU, the European Commission. These agency regulators take decisions based allegedly on economic theory, but … concentrates on merger control in the European Union but draws on US experience and history to provide ideas and to contribute to …-reliance on questionable economics, as well as inadequately constrained agency behaviour, suggests that merger control is now the …