computationally, allows firms to invest or propose mergers according to the relative profitability of these strategies. An antitrust … authority is able to block mergers at some cost. We examine the optimal policy when the antitrust authority can commit to a …We study optimal merger policy in a dynamic model in which the presence of scale economies implies that firms can …

recent trends, and perspectives for undertaking research with micro-data from these labor platforms. We undertake new …-connected exchanges on digital platforms, 2) gravity model analyses of global outsourcing contract flows and their determinants for …

platforms for pet-sitting services. We exploit variation in pre-merger market shares and a difference-in-differences approach to …Digital platforms are increasingly the subject of regulatory scrutiny. In comparison to multiple competitors, a single … in platform variety. We study the net effect of this trade-off in the context of the merger between the two largest …

Despite the fact that one-third of worldwide mergers involve firms from different countries, the vast majority of the … academic literature on mergers studies domestic mergers. What little has been written about cross-border mergers has focused on … public firms, usually from the United States. Yet, the vast majority of cross-border mergers involve private firms that are …

Handbook as a forceful argument in favor of a merger between the two disciplines rather than the acquisition of one by the … other; a merger which combines, notably, the detailed knowledge of historical sources, the capability of distilling complex …

As technology platforms have created new markets and new ways of acquiring information, economists have come to play an …

Online contract labor globalizes traditionally local labor markets, with platforms that enable employers, most of whom …. This market is growing rapidly; we provide descriptive statistics from one of the leading platforms where the number of …

of their lower financial risk, but rather because buyers viewed the platform’s decision to guarantee as informative about …