uncovers new effects. First, exclusive deals can be used to improve the incumbent’s bargaining position in the merger …

antitrust policy toward horizontal mergers, the area of antitrust that has seen some of the most dramatic improvements in both …Recently there has been a notable increase in interest in antitrust law in much of the world. This chapter discusses …, merger laws and enforcement practices, econometric methods for analyzing prospective horizontal mergers, and evidence …

estimate several demand systems and use a static Bertrand model to simulate the price effects of two mergers. Using pre- and …

contribute to debates about market definition that are often central in anti-trust deliberations. Moreover, we call into question … standard results on the effects of mergers in Cournot models. Prior work finds that, absent efficiency gains, mergers among … neither of these results need hold when mergers can alter the boundaries of technology competition. …

164 EU merger control decisions and evaluate the anti-competitive consequences of these mergers from the reaction of the …

recently been regarded as crucial issues by antitrust authorities. Although collaboration between competitors reduces their … strategy. We demonstrated that the interaction between these effects yields rich antitrust implications for competitor …