1990-2014 period, we evaluate how consistently arguments related to structural market parameters – dominance, concentration …We study the evolution of EC merger decisions over the first 25 years of common European merger policy. Using a novel … dataset at the level of the relevant antitrust markets and containing all merger cases scrutinized by the Commission over the …

scrutinized by the European Commission between 1995 and 2014. We show that concentration, as measured by the market-specific post-merger … dimension analyzed. Strict past merger enforcement negatively correlates with concentration. Yet, this effect is stronger in the …An increasing body of empirical evidence is documenting trends toward rising concentration, profits, and markups in …

scrutinized by the European Commission between 1995 and 2014. We show that concentration, as measured by the market-specific post-merger … dimension analyzed. Strict past merger enforcement negatively correlates with concentration. Yet, this effect is stronger in the …An increasing body of empirical evidence is documenting trends toward rising concentration, profits, and markups in …

that would prevent a merger from harming consumers for 1,014 mergers affecting 12,325 antitrust markets scrutinized by the … concerns about the Commission’s merger enforcement being too lax. …

importance of barriers to entry and the risk of foreclosure has increased in the EC’s merger assessment following the 2004 merger …We study the evolution of the EC’s merger decision procedure over the first 25 years of European competition policy …. Using a novel dataset constructed at the level of the relevant markets and containing all merger cases over the 1990 …

that would prevent a merger from harming consumers for 1,014 mergers affecting 12,325 antitrust markets scrutinized by the … concerns about the Commission's merger enforcement being too lax. …