In a two-country international trade model with oligopolistic competition, we study the conditions on market structure and trade costs under which a merger policy designed to benefit domestic consumers is too tough or too lenient from the viewpoint of the foreign country. Calibrating the model...

The objective of this paper is to discuss and compare the role that different constituencies play in US and EU procedures for merger control. We describe the main constituencies (both internal and external) involved in merger control in both jurisdictions and discuss how a typical merger case...

The most up-to-date guide available for conducting a successful bank/financial institution merger or acquisitionCentral to The Art of Bank M&A is detailed treatment of the key regulatory considerations--a critical element of success in the new, post-Dodd-Frank environment. The Act, which was...