Evaluating network effects and two-sidedness is critical for merger control in the digital economy.To examine the … likely to hurt consumers. In two-sided markets, the effect of mergers on consumer surplus depends on merging parties' pre-merger … consumers are likely to benefit from mergers. These results provide theoretical guidance on merger policy toward platforms …

merger assessment. Subsequently, the article will present the OFT approach towards efficiencies and the OFT's policy as … developed in the Global/GCap merger …

concentration among the competitive fringe lowers the profitability of merger as compared to cartel. We then discuss the impact of …Cartels and horizontal mergers can be viewed as alternative arrangements to increase profitability and act as means of … that in absence of any penalty on cartel, a firm always prefers a cartel to merger, when the latter does not involve any …