mergers and acquisitions among already powerful retail chains. These considerationslead antitrust authorities to very … study for the Dutch Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM), we examined the effects of a series of three national mergers in the … mergers did not have significant effects on prices. However, we find that the last mergersignificantly reduced the depth of …

Trade union mergers are regarded as a revitalisation strategy and are often associated with the goal of increasing … organisational power. But little is known about how mergers really affect the unions involved. This paper argues that the effects of …

mergers and acquisitions among already powerful retail chains. These considerationslead antitrust authorities to very … study for the Dutch Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM), we examined the effects of a series of three national mergers in the … mergers did not have significant effects on prices. However, we find that the last mergersignificantly reduced the depth of …

mergers when deciding whether to approve a current merger notification. The result is a more stringent CA that demands higher … reduces prices. However, in the absence of entry and exit, a merger policy that considers alternative mergers is never … adopts (tougher or laxer). Lastly, the paper suggests that even when alternative mergers could have positive effects on …

mergers difficult. Mergers that should occur in equilibrium do not, since they require an unequal split of surplus. …