This paper analyzes the effects of a merger between a German supermarket chain and a soft discounter on consumer prices … indicate that both insiders and outsiders raised average prices after the merger, particularly in regions with high expected … by competition authorities were not sufficient to o set anti-competitive effects. …

forms of demand and retail competition. Whether countervailing buyer power arises, in the form of lower negotiated prices …

This paper evaluates the price effects of the merger of two major UK book retailers. We use a dataset containing … monthly scanner data on a sample of 200 books in 50 local markets for four years around the merger. We compare the price … changes after the merger in shops located in areas where both chains were present before the merger and in areas where only …

This paper empirically evaluates the price effects of the merger of two major book retail chains in the UK: Waterstone … information on a sample of 200 books sold in 60 stores in 50 different local markets for a period of four years around the merger … prices, we undertake an ex-post assessment of the impact of the merger at both levels. At the local level, we compare the …

This article assesses the effectiveness of outlet divestitures as remedies in a merger between two large gasoline … retailers. Results show that divestitures are effective in disciplining the increase in margins generated by the merger, but … stations impacted by the merger. Interestingly, this density indicator is a good predictor of both the anticompetitive effect …

in the Horizontal Merger Guidelines. Through a model of enforcement, we find that agencies challenge mergers they expect …

in the Horizontal Merger Guidelines. Through a model of enforcement, we find that agencies challenge mergers they expect …

empirical techniques that can be used to quantify competition between merging retailers and, in some cases, to forecast merger … brief overview of the economic and legal framework governing horizontal merger policy, and highlight key issues in analyzing … merger challenges brought by U.S. antitrust authorities over the last 50 years. We then provide a detailed discussion of the …