This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … investigated mergers and whether a more effective merger control regime can be achieved within the current legal framework. … theories of harm in major merger cases in the past few years. We then analyse the characteristics of almost 300 acquisitions …

We study the effect of a merger between two Dutch supermarket chains to assess its effect on the depth as well as … composition of assortment. We adopt a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits local variation in the merger's effects …, controlling for selection on observables through a matching procedure when defining our control group. We show that the merger led …

, German television providers sought to enter online VoD markets with the help of cooperative platforms. We review the … antitrust concerns that were raised back then in an ex post analysis. In doing so, we first discuss the dynamic development of … previous antitrust analysis cannot be upheld from today's perspective. First, relevant implications of modern platform …

, German television providers sought to enter online VoD markets with the help of cooperative platforms. We review the … antitrust concerns that were raised back then in an ex post analysis. In doing so, we first discuss the dynamic development of … previous antitrust analysis cannot be upheld from today's perspective. First, relevant implications of modern platform …

-quality public hospital services. To make this work, it also brought in external and binding merger control for mergers between NHS … systems by carrying out the surveillance duties bestowed upon them by law. We study hospital merger control in the English NHS … surveillance through the lens of objective competition enforcement. It includes all decisions regarding horizontal mergers …

competition authorities blocked all potential mergers between the top-three firms and the fourth. After this, there was an … apparent consensus that mergers between the largest four supermarkets would be unsuccessful with competition authorities. In … the industry including the rise of new low-price firms and (ii) changes to the way mergers are assessed by competition …

' for mergers at the EU level and a separate merger review may need to be carried out in the UK. This means merger …

synergies and implications of the proposed merger between NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse, which he sees as a continuation of … approach in the merger test, which would induce the Commission to impose rigorous conditions to clear the deal. The author also …