Worldwide, the overwhelming majority of large horizontal mergers are cleared by antitrust authorities unconditionally. The presumption seems to be that efficiencies from these mergers are sizeable. We calculate the compensating efficiencies that would prevent a merger from harming consumers for...

Worldwide, the overwhelming majority of large horizontal mergers are cleared by antitrust authorities unconditionally. The presumption seems to be that efficiencies from these mergers are sizeable. We calculate the compensating efficiencies that would prevent a merger from harming consumers for...

Studien dokumentieren weltweit steigende Marktkonzentration, Gewinne und Preisaufschläge in vielen Wirtschaftssektoren seit den 1980er Jahren. Doch die Datenanalyse nach Wirtschaftszweigen entspricht nicht den ökonomisch relevanten Märkten im Sinne des Wettbewerbsrechts. Berechnungen auf...

Worldwide, the overwhelming majority of large horizontal mergers are cleared by antitrust authorities unconditionally. The presumption seems to be that efficiencies from these mergers are sizeable. We calculate the compensating efficiencies that would prevent a merger from harming consumers for...

Worldwide, the overwhelming majority of large horizontal mergers are cleared by antitrust authorities unconditionally. The presumption seems to be that efficiencies from these mergers are sizeable. We calculate the compensating efficiencies that would prevent a merger from harming consumers for...

Studien dokumentieren weltweit steigende Marktkonzentration, Gewinne und Preisaufschläge in vielen Wirtschaftssektoren seit den 1980er Jahren. Doch die Datenanalyse nach Wirtschaftszweigen entspricht nicht den ökonomisch relevanten Märkten im Sinne des Wettbewerbsrechts. Berechnungen auf...