This study examines how antitrust law adoptions affect horizontal merger and acquisition (M&A) outcomes. Using the …-day cumulative abnormal returns surrounding horizontal merger announcements. A decrease in deal value, target book assets, and … treatment effects does not nullify our results. Overall, antitrust policies seem to deter post-merger monopolistic gains …

This Article explores the 2010 merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines - which usurped Delta's briefly …-held title as the world's largest airline - as well as the failed merger of Greece's two largest airlines, Olympic Air and Aegean … United and Continental merger, explaining pertinent portions of each airline's corporate history over the past 10 years …