This paper empirically evaluates the price effects of the merger of two major book retail chains in the UK: Waterstone … information on a sample of 200 books sold in 60 stores in 50 different local markets for a period of four years around the merger …. Since retail mergers may have either local or national effects (or both) according to the level at which retail chains set …

We study the effect of a merger in a dynamic high-technology industry-the videogame market- which is characterized by … frequent introduction of new products. To assess the impact of the merger between two large specialist retailers in the UK, we … suggest that there has been a reduction in the general level of prices of both new and pre-owned games after the merger. This …

This paper empirically evaluates the price effects of the merger of two major book retail chains in the UK: Waterstone … information on a sample of 200 books sold in 60 stores in 50 different local markets for a period of four years around the merger …. Since retail mergers may have either local or national effects (or both) according to the level at which retail chains set …

We study the effect of a merger in a dynamic high-technology industry - the videogame market - which is characterized … by frequent introduction of new products. To assess the impact of the merger between two large specialist retailers in … the merger. This decline has been more marked for the merging parties, which suggests that the merger between Game and …

economic geography. In the case of grocery competition, high travel costs and the perishable nature of groceries appear to …

unconsummated mergers that would have had even more profound effects. I assess two of them: the successful merger between Scottish …I discuss the use of simulation techniques to evaluate unilateral effects of horizontal mergers and the pitfalls that … are more reliable but they require more time to implement and are less transparent. The use of merger simulations and the …

In this paper we empirically analyse two counterfactual situations facing an anti-trust authority following the merger … independent estimates available. We then use the model to simulate the proposed merger and the partial divestiture that was … to assess the welfare implications of proposed mergers and partial divestitures. …