This paper provides a critical analysis of some of the key features of merger policy as understood and practiced in … move of merger policy towards the examination of unilateral effects. The critical appraisal of this process is based on the … key anticompetitive factor arising from a proposed merger. The paper stresses that even if unilateral effects were to lead …

In the 14 years since this quote, the empirical study of merger remedies has seen little advancement despite frequent … first describes the use of remedies in U.S. merger policy, including a summary of the FTC's recent remedy study. It then … merger remedies. The article concludes by highlighting areas where economic research could further advance the study of …

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 …

acquisitions to ensure more merger reviews in the digital sector (art. 14 DMA). The regulation relies on the ability of the Member … States to refer to the Commission under article 22 EUMR a merger that does not meet the national merger thresholds. The …

Following up on our initial comments at the Tunney Act proceeding of the proposed merger between Sprint and T …

the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) in connection with their Request for Information on Merger Enforcement (“Merger RFI …”). This comment addresses the questions contained in Section 5 of the RFI related to the use of presumptions in merger … enforcement. Our view is that an important objective of the agency’s horizontal merger enforcement guidelines is to ensure that …

the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) in connection with their Request for Information on Merger Enforcement (“Merger RFI …”). The GAI welcomes the opportunity to provide input on the proposed changes to the Horizontal Merger Guidelines (“HMGs … Section 14 of the Merger RFI, in which the Agencies pose two questions that go to the heart of the treatment of efficiencies …

the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) in response to their Request for Information on Merger Enforcement. This Comment … addresses the questions related to Purpose, Harms and Scope. Our view is that the essential and defining purpose of merger … fundamental change in the character of merger analysis would require strong reasons for a profound departure from the present …

the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) in connection with their Request for Information on Merger Enforcement (“Merger RFI … important goal of both antitrust law and merger policy.Based on the existing evidence, an empirically supported basis for the … use of differential analyses for labor or for presumptions in labor markets does not clearly exist at this time. Merger …

Commission's January 18, 2022, Request for Information on Merger Enforcement. Despite information and uncertainty problems with … exercise involved in potential/nascent competition cases should differ from a standard merger review. Third, analysis of …