The analysis of horizontal mergers hinges on a tradeoff between unilateral effects and efficiency gains. The article … empirical merger analysis are exposed. …

competition where states compete on a variety of margins that are often ignored by the standard focus on tax rates. Using the …

manufacturers merger, although it leads to an increase in the wholesale prices, it can enhance product variety. The merger generated … products to consumers, a merger never results into more product variety. Still, both in the presence and in the absence of … a merger among them. We show that when manufacturers distribute their products through multi-product retailers, a …

analyze under which conditions cost-reducing mergers will be beneficial for the merging firms, the home country, and the world … as a whole. For a national merger, the policies enacted by a national merger authority tend to be overly restrictive from … a global efficiency perspective. In contrast, all international mergers that benefit the merging firms will be cleared …