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The impact of merger legislation on bank mergers

Carletti, Elena; Ongena, Steven; Siedlarek, Jan-Peter; … - 2016

We find that stricter merger control legislation increases abnormal announcement returns of targets in bank mergers by … 7 percentage points. Analyzing potential explanations for this result, we document an increase in the pre-merger … other banks. Other merger properties, including the size and risk profile of targets, the geographic overlap of merging …

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Chapter 15 Antitrust

Kaplow, Louis; Shapiro, Carl - In: Handbook of law and economics : volume 2, (pp. 1073-1225). 2007

This is a survey of the economic principles that underlie antitrust law and how those principles relate to competition policy. We address four core subject areas: market power, collusion, mergers between competitors, and monopolization. In each area, we select the most relevant portions of...

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Chapter 36 Antitrust Policy toward Horizontal Mergers

Whinston, Michael D. - In: Handbook of industrial organization : volume 3, (pp. 2369-2440). 2007

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 …

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Mergers in the digital economy

Gautier, Axel; Lamesch, Joe - In: Information economics and policy : IEP 54 (2021), pp. 1-15

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The European Commission's approach to mergers involving software-based platforms : towards a better understanding of platform power

Afilipoaie, Adelaida; Donders, Karen; Ballon, Pieter - In: Telecommunications policy : the international journal … 46 (2022) 5, pp. 1-18

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Big tech acquisitions

Cabral, Luís M. B. - 2023

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Merger policy for platforms : a growth theory perspective

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Big tech mergers

Motta, Massimo; Peitz, Martin - In: Information economics and policy : IEP 54 (2021), pp. 1-15

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Big Tech mergers : Innovation, competition for the market, and the acquisition of emerging competitors

Katz, Michael L. - In: Information economics and policy : IEP 54 (2021), pp. 1-17

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Recent developments at the CMA: 2018-2019

Fung, San Sau; Haydock, Jenny; Moore, Alex; Rutt, James; … - In: Review of industrial organization : RIO 59 (2019) 4, pp. 579-605

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