Likelihood of entry is considered to be a mitigating factor in the analysis of a merger's competitive effects. Entry … analyses in horizontal merger investigations typically focus on the incentives and ability of potential entrants to enter the … market and restore its competitiveness in the event the merger creates anti-competitive effects. There is, however, a well …

that would prevent a merger from harming consumers for 1,014 mergers affecting 12,325 antitrust markets scrutinized by the … concerns about the Commission's merger enforcement being too lax. …