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Export orientation and domestic merger policy: theory and some empirical evidence
Clougherty, Joseph A.; Zhang, Anming - 2004
The recent ‘open-economy industrial organization’ literature generally finds export-orientation to enhance the weight of post-merger international competitive gains; thereby, favoring lenient domestic merger policy. We observe, however, that mergers seldom generate the ‘significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278074
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Wettbewerb als Hypothesentest: Implikationen für die moderne Wettbewerbspolitik?
Budzinski, Oliver - 2024
the antitrust discourse. The current competition and antitrust policy topics that are addressed include the as …-efficient-competitor-test in abuse control, the regulation of systemic market power in digital ecosystems, antitrust interventions based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014547794
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Ministererlaubnis für Kartellfälle: Kooperation im Sinne des Gemeinwohls?
Budzinski, Oliver; Stöhr, Annika - 2020
Mit der Umsetzung der 7. Novelle des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbe-schränkungen (GWB) wurde im Jahr 2005 die Ausnahmeregelung des sog. Ministerkartells nach § 8 GWB ersatzlos gestrichen. Ähnlich dem noch bestehenden Instrument der Ministererlaubnis für Fusionen nach § 42 GWB konnte bis dahin...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012264937
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Ministererlaubnis für Kartellfälle : Kooperation im Sinne des Gemeinwohls?
Budzinski, Oliver; Stöhr, Annika - 2020
Mit der Umsetzung der 7. Novelle des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen (GWB) wurde im Jahr 2005 die Ausnahmeregelung des sog. Ministerkartells nach § 8 GWB ersatzlos gestrichen. Ähnlich dem noch bestehenden Instrument der Ministererlaubnis für Fusionen nach § 42 GWB konnte bis dahin...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012261718
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Wettbewerb als Hypothesentest : Implikationen für die moderne Wettbewerbspolitik?
Budzinski, Oliver - 2024
the antitrust discourse. The current competition and antitrust policy topics that are addressed include the as …-efficient-competitor-test in abuse control, the regulation of systemic market power in digital ecosystems, antitrust interventions based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014538807
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Did the Fertilizer Cartel Cause the Food Crisis?
Gnutzmann, Hinnerk; Spiewanowski, Piotr - 2016
Food commodity prices escalated during the 2007/2008 food crisis, and have scarcely fallen since. We show that high fertilizer prices, driven by the formation of an international export cartel as well as high energy prices, explains the majority of the recent price spikes. In particular, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527904
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Buying Competition : Developing Competition Regimes Through a WTO-Compliant Generalised System of Preferences
Wardhaugh, Bruce - 2016
There is a well-recognised link among trade, trade liberalisation, an effective competition regime and development. A common view to the promotion of development of Least Developed Countries is to assist their economic growth through trade-facilitating measures. The trade liberalisation regime...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001731
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Export Orientation and Domestic Merger Policy : Theory and Some Empirical Evidence
Clougherty, Joseph A. - 2005
The recent 'open-economy industrial organization' literature generally finds export-orientation to enhance the weight of post-merger international competitive gains; thereby, favoring lenient domestic merger policy. We observe, however, that mergers seldom generate the 'significant synergies'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012737346
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Trade is Good for Competition, but Competition is Great for Trade
Sacher, Seth B. - 2016
It may seem obvious that good trade policy can promote competition. That is, by opening up a domestic economy to increased trade, additional competitive pressures may be placed on domestic producers, thereby decreasing domestic market power and improving industry performance in the form of lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013007674
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State-Created Barriers to Exit? The Example of the Acquisition of Alstom by General Electric
Petit, Nicolas - 2020
are increasingly vocal. Moreover, our analysis may have implications for antitrust policy. As much as entry barriers …, barriers to exit prevent the emergence of competitive markets and are thus a concern for antitrust agencies. Moreover, State … interference with M&A risk undermining the efficacy of merger control systems, in depriving the antitrust agencies' of the ability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012856460