dataset on the transparency on merger control in the EU banking sector, we estimate the probability that a bank is taken over … merger control lacks transparency. This is in line with the hypothesis that governments may block crossborder bank merger …Although there is anecdotal evidence that merger control may constitute a barrier to the integration of European retail …

appropriate simulation model for any given merger proposal. Due to the inevitable necessity to reduce real-world complexity and … multi-parameter character of merger cases, the comparative fit of proposed merger simulation models with mutually … regarding two aspects. First, the scope for partisan economic evidence cannot be completely eroded in merger control. Second …

employment of merger simulation models in merger control procedures during the past almost 15 years. Merger simulation is … of state-of-the-art merger simulation models and review their previous employment in merger cases as well as the problems … and limitations currently associated with their use in merger control. In summary, merger simulation models represent an …