This Paper starts from a recent case studying how merger analysis in Europe may potentially be improved through simulation analysis. Starting from the product and geographic market definition in the Merger Decision, we formulate and estimate an oligopoly model with differentiated products. The...

Although economically very important, local-service sectors have received little attention in the extensive literature on competitive interactions. Detailed data gathering in these sectors is hard, not only because of the multitude of local players, but also because key service dimensions are...

Although economically very important, local-service sectors have received little attention in the extensive literature on competitive interactions. Detailed data gathering in these sectors is hard, not only because of the multitude of local players, but also because key service dimensions are...

De laatste decennia werd de distributie van auto’s beheerst door een systeem van selectiviteit en exclusiviteit. De Europese Commissie probeerde het systeem recent te liberaliseren door de combinatie van selectiviteit en exclusiviteit te verbieden. Dit artikel onderzoekt het belang van het...

The purpose of this report is to contribute to the analysis of two questions. Should a merger control system take into account efficiency gains from horizontal mergers, and balance these gains against the anti-competitive effects of mergers? If so, how should a system be designed to account for...

This report studies the importance of efficiency gains from horizontal mergers. A general theme throughout this report is that efficiency gains, and their pass-on to consumers, may vary substantially from merger to merger. For this reason it seems appropriate to reconsider current practice in...

[ger] System kombinierter Regressionen und unvollständiges Panel: ein Uberblick, . von Marc Ivaldi, Michel Simioni.. . In diesem Artikel werden die üblichen Methoden zur Schätzung eines Systems kombinierter Regressionen dargestellt, wobei zunächst der Fall unvollständiger Panels unter...