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 …

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

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 …

pricing pressure, and the vertical arithmetic. In addition, for each tool, its use in a recent U.S. merger case is illustrated …: for critical loss analysis, the Novelis/Aleris merger; for upward pricing pressure, the GE/Electrolux merger; and for the …

We describe a simple initial indicator of whether a proposed merger between rivals in a differentiated product industry … from the merger, based on the price/cost margins of the merging firms' products and the extent of direct substitution …