We investigate the impact of cartel breakdowns on merger activity. Merging information on cartel cases decided by the … European Commission (EC) between 2000 and 2011 with a detailed data set of worldwide merger activity, we find that, first, the … average number of all merger transactions increase by up to 51 percent when comparing the three years before the cartel …

We investigate the impact of cartel breakdowns on merger activity. Merging information on cartel cases decided by the … European Commission (EC) between 2000 and 2011 with a detailed data set of worldwide merger activity, we find that, first, the … average number of all merger transactions increase by up to 51 percent when comparing the three years before the cartel …

The duration of merger proceedings held by competition authorities is an important determinant of the efficiency of the … entire merger control process. We use a dataset of 2953 Phase I and 92 Phase II investigations completed by the European … also provide evidence that the significant increase in average duration identified after the 2004 merger regulation reform …

The duration of merger proceedings held by competition authorities is an important determinant of the efficiency of the … entire merger control process. We use a dataset of 2953 Phase I and 92 Phase II investigations completed by the European …. We also provide evidence that the significant increase in average duration identified after the 2004 merger regulation …

Public and private action against cartels is an internationally recognized cornerstone of antitrust enforcement …

. This development is documented by various research papers, high-level exchanges between antitrust experts as well as an …