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 …

This article identifies certain problems faced by parties to transnational merger transactions in view of the global … proliferation in recent years of competition (and, specifically, merger review) laws. After considering the pros and cons of merger … usefully perform in order to make transnational merger review fairer and more efficient …

quantify the domestic and cross-border effects of mergers, and to draw conclusions for the coordination of national merger … industries a merger approval policy based on domestic consumer surplus is too restrictive from the viewpoint of the neighboring … country. We also show that adopting a supra-national policy that approves a merger if and only if it increases the sum of …