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Distribution cartels in the automotive sector used to be frequently dismantled and sanctioned by the European Commission and the EU Courts still some 15 years ago. In recent years, however, only a few cases have been reported at the national level of EU Member States. Is it because the...
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We study the timing of leniency applications using a novel application of multi-spell discrete-time survival analysis for a sample of cartels prosecuted by the European Commission between 1996 and 2014. The start of a Commission investigation does not affect the rate by which conspirators apply...
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Standard analysis of mergers in oligopolies along the lines of the popular Farrell-Shapiro Framework (FSF) relies …, regarding its policy conclusions, on the assumption that rational agents will only propose privately profitable mergers. If this …. However, the empirical picture on mergers and acquisitions reveals a significant share of unprofitable mergers, and economic …
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Nachdem das Bundeskartellamt die Fusion von Miba und Zollern abgelehnt hat, haben die beiden Unternehmen eine Ministererlaubnis beantragt. Dabei wurden bekannte, aber auch neue Gründe genannt, um einen Gemeinwohlvorteil des antikompetitiven Zusammenschlusses aufzuzeigen. Die Autoren untersuchen...
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good. Focusing only on strategic reasons, vertical mergers arise at equilibrium only when composite goods are very … differentiated or when the number of producers is large while horizontal mergers arise otherwise. When efficiencies are considered … demanding when dealing with horizontal mergers in composite goods industries. …
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European cinema was and still is often assimilated by film consumers as art cinema which is more difficult to understand and ultimately to reach a big number of consumers. The objectives of this paper were to examine the pathway of European cinema market and the relationship with its consumers...
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deregulation process. We find that once the geographic deregulation process finishes, inter-regional mergers between savings banks … will be mergers between savings and commercial banks. -- branch deregulation ; mergers ; optimal behavior ; Spanish banking …
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