We estimate the deterrence effects of European Commission (EC) merger policy instruments over the 1990-2009 period. Our … remedies, and preventions – phase-1 remedies lead to fewer merger notifications in subsequent years. Furthermore, the …

We estimate the deterrence effects of U.S. merger policy instruments with respect to the composition and frequency of … future merger notifications. Data from the Annual Reports by the U.S. DOJ and FTC allow industry based measures over the 1986 … challenge-rate to robustly deter future horizontal (both relative and absolute) merger activity; the investigation-rate to …

We estimate the deterrence effects of U.S. merger policy instruments with respect to the composition and frequency of … future merger notifications. Data from the Annual Reports by the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission … absolute) merger activity, and the court-loss rate to moderately affect absolute levels of horizontal-merger activity; however …

We estimate the deterrence effects of European Commission (EC) merger policy instruments over the 1990-2009 period. Our … remedies, and preventions – phase-1 remedies lead to fewer merger notifications in subsequent years.Furthermore, the deterrence …

We estimate the deterrence effects of European Commission (EC) merger policy instruments over the 1990-2009 period. Our … remedies, and preventions – phase-1 remedies lead to fewer merger notifications in subsequent years. Furthermore, the …

Recent 'open-economy industrial organization' literature finds export orientation enhances the weight of post-merger … international competitive gains, favouring lenient domestic merger policy. However, mergers seldom generate the 'significant … merger policy. We show how non-synergistic domestic mergers in the presence of international sales might reduce national …

primary driver behind holdup source: a contention supported by empirical tests based on the merger policies of 27 antitrust …