This paper studies the interaction between the incentives for predation and mergers. I show that the incentive for … predation in an oligopoly is limited by the subsequent competition for the prey. This bidding competition is expecially fierce … prey's assets, rather than just its financial viability. The paper also demonstrates that predation may be preferred to an …

This Paper shows that predation might help firms overcome the free riding problem of mergers by changing the … predators prefer predation technologies that destroy the prey's assets since they limit the negative effects of the subsequent … increase the incentives for predation by helping predators avoid the bidding competition. Moreover, the incentive for predation …

This paper deals with the enforcement of merger policy, and aims to study how merger emedies affect the deterrence …

This paper deals with the enforcement of merger policy, and aims to identify situations where the introduction of …

The paper reports on results from a public survey on attitudes to collusion and cartel enforcement in Britain … programmes are justifiable. Respondents consider public enforcement to be more important than compensating parties injured by …

selected enforcement options in a Cournot-type duopoly predation model. Differentiating between a no rule approach, an ex ante …The paper characterises the building blocks of a framework to enforce anti-predation rules and subsequently evaluates …

enforcement, leniency, and cartel strategies on the maximal cartel price. Ex-ante leniency cannot reduce the maximal cartel price …