This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … theories of harm in major merger cases in the past few years. We then analyse the characteristics of almost 300 acquisitions … important merger cases, Facebook/Instagram and Google/Waze, providing a systematic assessment of the theories of harm considered …

This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … theories of harm in major merger cases in the past few years. We then analyse the characteristics of almost 300 acquisitions … important merger cases, Facebook/Instagram and Google/Waze, providing a systematic assessment of the theories of harm considered …

We study the evolution of the EC’s merger decision procedure over the first 25 years of European competition policy …. Using a novel dataset constructed at the level of the relevant markets and containing all merger cases over the 1990 … importance of barriers to entry and the risk of foreclosure has increased in the EC’s merger assessment following the 2004 merger …

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 study the evolution of EC merger decisions over the first 25 years of common European merger policy. Using a novel … dataset at the level of the relevant antitrust markets and containing all merger cases scrutinized by the Commission over the … definition and the complexity of the merger. Simple, linear probability models as usually applied in the literature overestimate …