mergers and acquisitions among already powerful retail chains. These considerationslead antitrust authorities to very … study for the Dutch Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM), we examined the effects of a series of three national mergers in the … mergers did not have significant effects on prices. However, we find that the last mergersignificantly reduced the depth of …

This paper studies the interaction between the incentives for predation and mergers. I show that the incentive for …-riding problem associated with mergers, and second, destructive predation helps firms avoid the bidding competition. It is also shown … stronger, since it allows mergers bu limits the bidding competition. …

screen mergers between mobile network operators which compete with mobile virtual network operators in the downstream retail …

show that the local change in competitive conditions due to the merger did not affect individual products' prices but it … dropped high priced products, while the acquirer added more of them. Thus, the merging firms reposition their product …

merger’s effects, controlling for selection on observables when defining our control group through a matching procedure. We … show that the local change in competitive conditions due to the merger did not affect individual products’ prices but it … dropped high priced products, while the acquirer added more of them. Thus, the merging firms reposition their product …