Abstract EU Merger Control is currently undergoing its most significant reform to date with the “more economic approach” as the central innovation. While the intended improvement of the economic underpinnings is to be welcomed, the detailed scrutiny of its effects yields differentiated...

The overarching trend in Europe and, indeed, worldwide has recently been the increasing importance of economic analysis in competition law and policy. This has led inter alia to a growing number of expert economic opinions submitted in competition law proceedings both before authorities and...

In recent years the importance of economics for competition law and policy has steadily increased. As a result, the issue of an effective integration of economics into competition law enforcement has gained prominence. This paper argues that the most relevant issues and challenges in this...