employment of merger simulation models in merger control procedures during the past almost 15 years. Merger simulation is … of state-of-the-art merger simulation models and review their previous employment in merger cases as well as the problems … and limitations currently associated with their use in merger control. In summary, merger simulation models represent an …

and welfare – improving even if costs are linear. The driving force behind these results, which help to reconcile theory … Wirkungen auf die Marktstruktur. Sie reduzieren nicht einfach die Zahl der Wettbewerber in einem Markt, sondern durch Fusionen … Unternehmen vor der Fusion. Wir zeigen in dieser Arbeit, dass horizontale Fusion von Unternehmen aus diesen Gründen profitabel für …

The purpose of this report is to contribute to the analysis of two questions. Should a merger control system take into … theoretical and empirical studies of mergers and merger control. Next, we review the current legal practice in seven OECD … jurisdictions. Finally, we propose a merger control system, emphasising the central role of informational limitations. Based on our …

Under the principle of the Failing Firm Defense (FFD) a merger that would be blocked due to its harmful effect on …-competitive alternative purchase, (iii) absent the merger, the assets to be acquired would exit the market. This paper focuses on potential … anti-competitive effects of a myopic application of the third requirement by studying consequences of a horizontal merger …

This paper uses an endogenous merger formation approach in a concentrated international oligopoly to examine the … effects of trade liberalization on the nature of merger incentives (national vs. international). The effects of unilateral … liberalization has been accompanied by an increase in international merger activity. Among equilibrium market structures …

The extant theory on price discrimination in input markets takes the structure of the intermediate industry as …