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The analysis of coordinated effects in EU merger control : where do we stand after Sony/BMG and Impala?

Aigner, Gisela (contributor); Budzinski, Oliver (contributor) - 2007

institutional and substantive development of EU Merger Control. Firstly, Impala introduces an ambitious symmetric standard of proof …

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The Oracle/PeopleSoft case : unilateral effects, simulation models and econometrics in contemporary merger control

Budzinski, Oliver (contributor); … - 2007

An increasingly important part of contemporary merger control both in the US and the EU is unilateral effects analysis … application of these sophisticated economic tools by the EU and US authorities so far. This makes an in-depth study of the case …. Therefore, we highlight certain similarities as well as (minor) differences between the EU and US proceedings. Interestingly …

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The analysis of coordinated effects in EU merger control: where do we stand after Sony/BMG and Impala?

Aigner, Gisela (contributor); Budzinski, Oliver (contributor) - 2006

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003423917

An economic perspective on the jurisdictional reform of the European merger control system

Budzinski, Oliver (contributor) - 2006

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An institutional analysis of the enforcement problems in merger control

Budzinski, Oliver - 2010

The literature identifies a significant drop in merger control enforcement activity on both sides of the Atlantic during the last decade. Furthermore, this drop in enforcement activity is convincingly connected to enforcement problems on the sides of the competition agencies. This paper goes...

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Analysing determinants of match attendance in the European Rugby Cup

Hogan, Vincent; Massey, Patrick; Massey, Shane - 2012

The economic literature on professional sports leagues suggests supporters' utility depends on uncertainty of outcome (competitive balance) and the quality of play. Unlike soccer, where the Champions League is dominated by teams from larger countries, our analysis indicates that the ERC exhibits...

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Competitive balance and match attendance in European rugby union leagues

Hogan, Vincent; Massey, Patrick; Massey, Shane - 2012

The paper analyses the impact of the relatively belated move to professionalism in Rugby Union. We use data on match attendance for 3,667 fixtures in European club Rugby over 15 seasons to estimate the effect of competitive balance on attendance. We find that (short- and medium-term) competitive...

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The competition economics of financial fair play

Budzinski, Oliver - 2014

This paper provides an economic analysis of the competition effects of UEFA's financial fair play regulations. It concludes that the restrictive effects of the break-even rule cannot be justified by a legitimate objective defense (according to European competition policy) because significant...

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Analysing match attendance in the European Rugby Cup

Hogan, Vincent; Massey, Patrick; Massey, Shane - 2014

Using data from 1,226 matches played over 18 seasons, we analyse match attendances in the group stages of the European Rugby Cup (ERC). We find that short-run (match) uncertainty had little effect on attendances. This finding is significant as the ERC has been replaced by a new competition which...

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Competitive balance : results of two natural experiments from Rugby Union ; [paper presented to the 6th Annual Conference of the European Sports Economics Association, University o...

Hogan, Vincent; Massey, Patrick; Massey, Shane - 2014

The paper presents results from two natural experiments on the impact of revenue sharing and salary caps on competitive balance in sports leagues arising from the introduction of professionalism in Rugby Union in 1995. The first involves the English Premiership, which traditionally applied a...

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