This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … theories of harm in major merger cases in the past few years. We then analyse the characteristics of almost 300 acquisitions … important merger cases, Facebook/Instagram and Google/Waze, providing a systematic assessment of the theories of harm considered …

This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … theories of harm in major merger cases in the past few years. We then analyse the characteristics of almost 300 acquisitions … important merger cases, Facebook/Instagram and Google/Waze, providing a systematic assessment of the theories of harm considered …

This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … theories of harm in major merger cases in the past few years. We then analyse the characteristics of almost 300 acquisitions … important merger cases, Facebook/Instagram and Google/Waze, providing a systematic assessment of the theories of harm considered …

We find that stricter merger control legislation increases abnormal announcement returns of targets in bank mergers by … 7 percentage points. Analyzing potential explanations for this result, we document an increase in the pre-merger … other banks. Other merger properties, including the size and risk profile of targets, the geographic overlap of merging …

Should internet era merger policy differ from industrial era merger policy? Platform ecosystems rely on economies of … traditional merger policy tools. This paper examines the acquisition strategies of the five major U.S. platforms—Google, Amazon …, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft— since their inception. We discuss the main merger and acquisition theories of harm and how …

revolution in how we conduct merger control, it is likely to require some significant changes in competition guidelines and will …, which are explored in this study. This underlines the need for forward looking merger review and the possibility of using … required to derive broad principles as to how data should be considered in merger review. The study examines these issues …

. We structure our discussion around the fundamentals of merger analysis: market definition, competitive effects, entry …

attributable to the markets of concern. (i.e., by the “overlap”). If an antitrust agency challenges a merger having only a small … risks and time-delays) on the agency and firms. Given over 20 years of experience with modern merger analysis, it is …