merger and acquisition strategies have been very important factors in their growth. Market dominance by big platforms has led … to competition concerns that are difficult to assess with current merger policy tools. In this paper, we examine the … discuss the main merger and acquisition theories of harm that can restrict market competition and reduce consumer welfare. To …

effects. -- merger simulation ; merger control ; antitrust ; oligopoly theory ; auction models ; mergers & acquisitions … employment of merger simulation models in merger control procedures during the past almost 15 years. Merger simulation is …, nevertheless, still a very young and innovative instrument of antitrust and, therefore, its ‘technical’ potential is far from being …

earlier versions of this paper. -- Merger control ; European competition policy ; antitrust ; enforcement problems …The literature identifies a significant drop in merger control enforcement activity on both sides of the Atlantic … economics suggest that a lack of 'fit' between the 'new' economic approach to merger control and the 'old' institutional …

; merger control ; competition policy ; antitrust decisions ; comparative analysis …This paper provides a comparative analysis of methods for the empirical ex post evaluation of merger control decisions … about the effects of systematic impact evaluations of merger decisions. -- empirical methods of industrial organization …

model, we simulate the consequences of counter-factual national merger regulation. The US beer price index would have been 4 …