This book is Volume II of a two-volume set on antitrust policy, analyzing the economic efficiency and moral … desirability of various kinds of antitrust-policy-coverable conduct and various possible government responses to such conduct …, including US and EU antitrust law. The overall study consists of three parts. Part I (Chapters 1-8) introduces readers to the …

There is a growing concern that U.S. merger control may have been too lenient, but empirical evidence remains limited … reviewing the use and challenges of event studies in merger analysis, I use a novel application of Hoberg-Phillips (2010, 2016 ….S. mergers between 1997 and 2017. I document that following a merger announcement, the most likely competitors experience on …

The Intercontinental Exchange's current attempted acquisition of NYSE-Euronext is the third takeover proposal in as … many years. In this article the two previous attempts are reviewed and lessons are drawn from an antitrust and competition …

Introduction -- Mergers and merger policy in the U.S. : an overview -- Evaluating merger outcomes -- Guide to merger … analysis using difference-in-differences (Daniel Greenfield) -- Merger retrospectives : two studies -- Mergers and product … prices -- Merger policy and remedies -- Retrospective studies of groups of mergers -- Summary of findings and concluding …