We find that stricter merger control legislation increases abnormal announcement returns of targets in bank mergers by … 7 percentage points. Analyzing potential explanations for this result, we document an increase in the pre-merger … other banks. Other merger properties, including the size and risk profile of targets, the geographic overlap of merging …

recognized the importance of innovation in many of their decisions, we are at a critical turning point for the future of merger …

Merging firms regularly argue that mergers involving capacity-constrained firms are unlikely to be anti … addition to standard merger price effects. ccGUPPI is sufficient to correctly predict whether a merger of capacity … full merger simulation …

Along with the prohibitions against anticompetitive agreements and abuses of market power, merger control is one of the … careful examination of the relevant competitive concerns. This is because an inadequate merger remedy will fail to achieve its …

In this review of retrospective European merger studies we provide a discussion of the price effect of analysed mergers … and examine whether the antitrust agency made the right decisions. We find that remedied mergers, on average, were not … followed by a price-increase, suggesting that, in our sample, merger interventions were effective at eliminating problems. High …

India's Competition Act (2002) was amended in 2007, modifying inter alia the Act's thresholds for merger review, and … requiring mandatory rather than voluntary notification of mergers above the revised thresholds. This created considerable … opposition in international business and legal circles. Draft merger regulations proposed by the Competition Commission of India …

Merger remedies are an area of increasing complexity around the world. They are also an area of increased focus by … competition authorities both with regard to process (particularly coordination) and substance. Mergers in high technology (high … remedies for the same behavior may lead to different outcomes. This essay examines what makes high tech mergers distinct …

The appropriate role of merger efficiencies remains unresolved in US antitrust law and policy. The Patient Protection … challenges for antitrust. Most hospital merger cases focus on cost based efficiencies, as does most of the academic empirical … quality analysis both in the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines and in antitrust case law. In doing so, the essay identifies …

Is there a problem with large technology firms, or platforms, purchasing nascent competitors and suppressing … competition before they can mature into vibrant competitors? Further, if there is a problem, are the current antitrust laws and …

proactive sector/industry investigations as well es merger control in relation to non-horizontal mergers and acquisitions. … der Wettbewerbspolitik an. Damit zeigt der Beitrag, dass dynamische Wettbewerbstheorien sehr wohl zu konkreten … Regulierung systemischer Marktmacht in digitalen Ökosystemen, anlassunabhängige Wettbewerbspolitik und sanktionsbewehrte …