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Is the event study methodology useful for merger analysis? : a comparison of stock market and accounting data
Duso, Tomaso; Gugler, Klaus; Yurtoglu, B. Burcin - 2006
Using a sample of 167 mergers during the period 1990-2002 involving 544 firms either as merging firms or competitors … case of anticompetitive mergers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010365892
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The application of competition policy vis-à-vis intellectual property rights : the evolution of thought underlying policy change
Anderson, Robert D.; Kovacic, William E. - 2017 - Manuscript date: 6 September 2017
-competitive patent settlements and hold-ups in relation to standard setting processes, in addition to the modern focus on mergers that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011723874
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Merger policy in digital markets : an ex-post assessment
Argentesi, Elena; Buccirossi, Paolo; Calvano, Emilio; … - 2019
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 … investigated mergers and whether a more effective merger control regime can be achieved within the current legal framework. …
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Ten Things I (Really) Like About Gerber's 'Global Competition'
Waller, Spencer Weber - 2012
David Gerber's scholarship has been an inspiration and a major contribution to international competition policy. His earlier book Law and Competition in Twentieth Century Europe: Protecting Prometheus made a compelling case that there is a European competition law that stands apart from US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101843
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Antitrust Developments in Food and Pharma
Connor, John M. - 2015
Closing the loopholes of downstream application of the Capper-Volstead exemption in the food system and pay-for-delay in pharmaceuticals is an important advance in US and EU antitrust norms. First, pay-for-delay conduct has been harmful for pharmaceuticals customers. After ten years of...
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Digital Competition and Regulation in the World : A Primer
Carugati, Christophe - 2021
The digital economy is at the forefront of the agenda of decisionmakers worldwide following several expert reports on competition in digital markets, underscoring competition issues. The question shifts then from why to how to adapt competition to the digital economy. Digital competition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013221633
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Neo-Realism and the International Harmonization of Law : Lessons from Antitrust
Waller, Spencer Weber - 2009
Five great attempts have been made to achieve a true international harmonization of competition law in the twentieth century. None has been successful. Despite the failures of the League of Nations, the International Trade Organization (ITO), the Economic and Social Council of the United...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014222005
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The Economics of Payment Cards
Rysman, Marc; Wright, Julian - 2012
This paper provides a snapshot of the state of the literature on payment cards, particularly from the perspective of interchange fees and the economics literature on two-sided markets. The paper aims to integrate a wide range of theoretical papers with the relevant empirical research and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014163161
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Deterring International Cartels in the Face of Comity and Jurisdiction : A Legal, Economic, and Empirical Evaluation of the Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Antitrust Laws
Connor, John M.; Bush, Darren - 2007
This article examines the nature of the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court's Empagran decision through the lens of the global vitamins cartel, using legal and economic analysis and also empirical data to describe the effect. The article commences with a discussion of the analytic approach adopted...
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Building an Efficient Regulation in the Digital Economy
Carugati, Christophe - 2020
To regulate or not to regulate is not anymore a Shakespearian issue. The digital economy must be regulated. The question is now about how to regulate it to promote an efficient and fair competition. This paper is the section 4 of my chapter 3 of my PhD thesis “Competition Law and economics of...
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