In several European merger cases competition authorities have demanded that the merging firm auctions off virtual …

model of vertical integration in a supplier-producer relationship that is rooted in the property-rights theory to learn …

platform’s post-merger contractual relationship with third-party sellers distributing through its marketplace. Regardless of …

compatibility and can engage in bundling. We consider the impact of merger on prices, investment and consumer surplus. We also …

post-merger efficiency improvements to reveal a new margin of adjustment along the product dimension. We analyze horizontal … between differentiated varieties. After a merger, acquirers drop products from their consolidated domestic product portfolio … and reallocate assets towards core varieties. We further demonstrate that such merger-induced efficiency gains imply …

market outcome after a national or an international merger has taken place. In this paper we study the implications for … merger policy when countries non-cooperatively deploy production-based taxes. We find that whether national or international … structure of firms. When all firms are owned domestically in the pre-merger situation, non-cooperative tax policies are more …