Merger control plays a central role in competition policy. When assessing proposed mergers, Competition Authorities … requiring the approval of Competition Authorities. Divestitures are often a condition of merger approval. This report … investigates the effectiveness of implementing such merger remedies when bargaining between manufacturers and retailers is a key …

unter der Auflage einer teilweisen Entflechtung genehmigt wurde. Dabei mussten die Unternehmen eine ihrer Marken an einen … konkurrierenden Hersteller verkaufen. Simulationen zeigen, dass die Entflechtung tatsächlich dazu beitrug, die negativen Auswirkungen …

This paper analyzes a merger of large manufacturers with divestiture in the French coffee market. In contrast to …

Unbundling of vertically integrated utilities has become an integral element in the regulation of network industries … empirical evidence that unbundling eliminates economies of vertical integration while empirical evidence on price reducing … effects is still lacking. In this paper we study the effect of legal unbundling on grid charges in the German electricity …

, we show that (1) banning fee discrimination and platform entry is detrimental to welfare, (2) a vertical merger within a …

-Fairfax merger, and Fairfax's subsequent closure of 15 newspaper titles. We find strong evidence for competition between overlapping … titles. This market is competitive and will likely suffer if the merger were granted. …