Duso, Thomas; Gugler, Klaus; Yurtoglu, B. Burcin - 2011 - Rev. version of discussion paper no. 153
This paper applies an intuitive approach based on stock market data to a unique dataset of large concentrations during 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...