This paper finds evidence of an inverse U shape in the number of cartels detected by a Competition Agency (CA) over its …

The traditional institutional model of a competition agency has assumed entrusting competition protection to a single … authority. Over time, more and more often national competition authorities are being entrusted not only with competition … enforcement but also with other functions (tasks). And the tendency to increasingly entrust competition authorities with …

generalise the approach and analyse the behaviour of a competition authority, which attaches different weights to the firms' and … restrictions also depends on the competition authority's instruments. The essential insights continue to apply if firms are …

anticompetitive effects of mergers, is insufficient to capture innovation competition in its full extent. As a consequence, the aim of … none of the existing approaches seems to be appropriate to fully account for innovation competition. However, the …

anticompetitive effects of mergers, is insufficient to capture innovation competition in its full extent. As a consequence, the aim of … none of the existing approaches seems to be appropriate to fully account for innovation competition. However, the …

Mergers and acquisitions shape industry competition. Effective merger remedies are important for market efficiency and …