This paper provides an economic analysis of recent vertical and horizontal mergers in the U.S. industry for audiovisual … media content, including the AT&T-Time Warner and the Disney-Fox mergers. Using a theory-driven approach, we examine … economic effects of these types of mergers on market competition, focusing on digital media content distribution. In doing so …

Recently, Chr. Mantzavinos proposed a new concept for antitrust analysis drawing on theoretical developments in New … welfare economics, Mantzavinos pleas for a rule-governed antitrust policy which mainly operates with per se rules. This paper …

Recently, Chr. Mantzavinos proposed a new concept for antitrust analysis drawing on theoretical developments in New … welfare economics, Mantzavinos pleas for a rule-governed antitrust policy which mainly operates with per se rules. This paper … argues that the criticism of the traditional foundations of antitrust is inadequate and that per se rules rarely work …

the antitrust discourse. The current competition and antitrust policy topics that are addressed include the as …-efficient-competitor-test in abuse control, the regulation of systemic market power in digital ecosystems, antitrust interventions based on … proactive sector/industry investigations as well es merger control in relation to non-horizontal mergers and acquisitions. …

instrument of ministerial approval for mergers under Section 42 GWB, the Federal Minister of Economics could grant an exemption … ministerial cartel and ministerial approval for mergers, which shows that a ministerially approved cartel is likely to burden less …

mergers difficult. Mergers that should occur in equilibrium do not, since they require an unequal split of surplus. …