Nowadays, merger control predominantly relies upon a strict analysis of the effects from merger and acquisitions on … effective competition. However, there is scope for so-called public interest considerations in several European merger control …-competition-oriented interventions into merger control. For instance, they did so in the context of the prohibition of the Siemens-Alstommerger and the …

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 …