This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … investigated mergers and whether a more effective merger control regime can be achieved within the current legal framework. …

This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … investigated mergers and whether a more effective merger control regime can be achieved within the current legal framework. …

Antitrust remedies are a central part of the competition policy toolbox. Their actual use and design depends on … interrelated factors such as the Antitrust Authority's analytical capabilities, institutional design and bargaining power … provides a rationale for the principles and policies’ choices of the Brazilian Antitrust Authority, CADE, on remedies over the …

merging and rival firms' stocks to quantify the profitability effects of mergers and merger control decisions. We back up our … mergers during the first investigation phase. Yet, they are on the whole ineffective or even detrimental when applied after … merging firms to rivals when mistakenly applied to pro-competitive mergers. …

Using a sample of 167 mergers during the period 1990-2002 involving 544 firms either as merging firms or competitors … case of anticompetitive mergers. …

these multi-sided companies along with each company’s most important market segments. We then track their mergers and …

This paper provides an economic analysis of recent vertical and horizontal mergers in the U.S. industry for audiovisual … media content, including the AT&T-Time Warner and the Disney-Fox mergers. Using a theory-driven approach, we examine … economic effects of these types of mergers on market competition, focusing on digital media content distribution. In doing so …