There are legal grounds to hear competitors in merger control proceedings, and competitor involvement has gained … in EU merger cases and give an overview of the legal discussion in the EU and US. …

. The antitrust agency’s incentives to produce evidence on the efficiency of a merger proposal depend critically on its …We analyze evidence production in merger control as a delegation problem in an inquisitorial competition policy system … implemented only after evidence on the efficiency of a merger proposal has been produced. …

We estimate the deterrence effects of European Commission (EC) merger policy instruments over the 1990-2009 period. Our … remedies, and preventions – phase-1 remedies lead to fewer merger notifications in subsequent years.Furthermore, the deterrence … empirical results suggest that phase-1 remedies uniquely generate robust deterrence as – unlike phase-1 withdrawals, phase-2 …

We estimate the deterrence effects of European Commission (EC) merger policy instruments over the 1990-2009 period. Our … empirical results suggest that phase-1 remedies uniquely generate robust deterrence as – unlike phase-1 withdrawals, phase-2 … remedies, and preventions – phase-1 remedies lead to fewer merger notifications in subsequent years. Furthermore, the …

. It follows that an antitrust authority ignoring existing PPOs when evaluating merger proposals (which reflects the … to the merger. We show that a PPO reduces the minimal synergy level necessary to make a merger beneficial for consumers … current EU merger control regime) invites sneaky takeovers: Acquiring firms strategically use PPOs prior to a full merger …

This is a survey of the economic principles that underlie antitrust law and how those principles relate to competition … central features of antitrust policy. Our objective is to foster the improvement of legal regimes and also to identify topics …

In this comprehensive review of ex-post merger studies price effects of horizontal transactions are evaluated. By … combining and further analyzing the results of 52 retrospective studies on 82 mergers or merger-like transactions it can be … shown that the industry alone is no strong indication for the direction of price-related merger effects. However, the "size …

could indicate a move towards converging with the European jurisdiction in many respects. In particular, the Turkish merger … control regime has been introduced to a new communiqué and a draft guideline to interpret ex ante merger review in light of …

interpretation. This article provides an overview of some of the significant developments in the 2010 U.S. Horizontal Merger … delves into discussions of Turkish competition law matters, as an example of emerging merger regime models, with respect to …