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 …

We review the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office Germany) decision on the proposed merger between Springer and …-economic approach in European merger control, a particular thorough line of argumen-tation, backed with particularly convincing economic … evidence, is necessary to justify a pro-hibition of a conglomerate merger from an economic point of view. Against this …

the period 1990-2002 to assess the effectiveness of European merger control. The basic idea is to relate announcement and … decision abnormal returns. Under a set of four maintained assumptions, merger control might be interpreted to be effective if … rents accruing due to the increased market power observed around the merger announcement are reversed by the antitrust …

We review the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office Germany) decision on the proposed merger between Springer and …-economic approach in European merger control, a particular thorough line of argumentation, backed with particularly convincing economic … evidence, is necessary to justify a prohibition of a conglomerate merger from an economic point of view. Against this …

, consequently, the relevance of simple checklists in merger control can be questioned. …

dataset on the transparency on merger control in the EU banking sector, we estimate the probability that a bank is taken over … merger control lacks transparency. This is in line with the hypothesis that governments may block crossborder bank merger …Although there is anecdotal evidence that merger control may constitute a barrier to the integration of European retail …

probability that a bank is taken over as a function of bank and country characteristics and the transparency of merger control … market. Based on a dataset on the transparency on the supervisory review process of bank mergers in the EU, I estimate the … regulatory process is transparent. Particularly large banks seem to be less likely to be taken over by foreign banks if 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 …