Baarsma, Barbara; Kemp, Ron; Noll, Rob; Seldeslachts, Jo - In: De Economist 160 (2012) 4, pp. 357-376
Does enforcement action by the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) in the case of cartels and mergers produce an anticipatory effect? We use surveys among firms and their advisers to test whether merger plans that may fail to gain clearance from the NMa are not notified and whether the...