theoretical analysis of the merger's price effect based on the amount of cost savings it generates, the behavior of outsider … platforms, and the size of cross-group network effects. We point out differences as compared with the standard, one-sided merger … analysis, and also discuss the merger control policy implications …

-competitive effects that may result from mergers and acquisitions. In order to appropriately consider efficiency claims in the merger … efficiency gains in merger analysis …. Consequently, many antitrust agencies take into account the balancing effects of efficiency gains compared to anti …

In current horizontal merger policy in the US and the EU an explicit efficiency defense is allowed. On both sides of …’ potential to harm consumers in the relevant market. Current merger policy is implicitly based on the assumption that rational … managers will only propose privately profitable mergers. In this thesis I will show that the empirical evidence on merger …

scrutinized by the European Commission between 1995 and 2014. We show that concentration, as measured by the market-specific post-merger … dimension analyzed. Strict past merger enforcement negatively correlates with concentration. Yet, this effect is stronger in the …

scrutinized by the European Commission between 1995 and 2014. We show that concentration, as measured by the market-specific post-merger … dimension analyzed. Strict past merger enforcement negatively correlates with concentration. Yet, this effect is stronger in the …

that would prevent a merger from harming consumers for 1,014 mergers affecting 12,325 antitrust markets scrutinized by the … concerns about the Commission’s merger enforcement being too lax. …