This paper develops a model that formalizes several connections between mergers, collusion and competition policy. In …) and the competition authority can only deter collusion by restricting mergers. Finally, we highlight that mergers could be … more harmful (less beneficial) than expected if the impact that mergers have on the competition regime is properly …

We analyze the linking and versioning strategies of a media firm when facing competition from blogs, search engines and …

and competition with generics. The nature of demand for drugs, the identity of drugs brought to market, and the nature of … competition in the drug market over time are all shaped by regulation. Throughout much of the world, administrative regulation …, rather than competition policy, dominates efforts to afford consumers and governments adequate access to affordable drugs …

order the breaking up of large firms if this is deemed necessary to remedy adverse effects on competition even if they were … the Commission's jurisdiction under the European Merger Regulation and contravene the European competition law order as …

, and indirect network effects, between members of distinct groups. Network effects may simultaneously reduce competition …

a variety of competing views over the correct approach to competition policy in agriculture markets. These pressures … have the potential to distract antitrust analysis from its core mission: protecting competition and consumer welfare. While … fulfill non-economic objectives; that market concentration is a predictor of market performance; or that competition policy …

economic issues of competition on dominant platforms, using Amazon as a case study. The paper examines the role of dominant … recommendations to adapt competition law to the challenges of the digital economy …

of competition law. This raises difficult questions about the relationship between competition and innovation as well as … what kind of assessment concepts competition authorities should use for investigating innovation effects, e.g., in merger … cases. This paper, on one hand, reviews briefly our economic knowledge about competition and innovation, and claims that it …