in geographic or, more generally, characteristic space and its use as evidence in merger cases. It outlines a structural …

Recent 'open-economy industrial organization' literature finds export orientation enhances the weight of post-merger … international competitive gains, favouring lenient domestic merger policy. However, mergers seldom generate the 'significant … merger policy. We show how non-synergistic domestic mergers in the presence of international sales might reduce national …

This paper explores the Federal Trade Commission’s unilateral effects merger policy using a sample of 184 … impediments to entry represents the marginal merger challenge. Case specific facts explain deviations from this rule and suggest … that critical diversion ratios fall into the 25-30 percent range. Share based indices (post-merger market share, change in …