merger may have an incentive to collude instead. We discuss implications for antitrust and merger policy. …

involving the merger of two small hospitals in Ukiah, California. A key issue in this matter was whether the geographic market … served by the merger included a nearby larger city. The economic efficiency of small rural hospitals and the competitive … hospitals financially sound and accessible. The Ukiah case suggests the desirability of the merger guidelines that permit most …

In the first half of the twentieth century, the merger among American businesses was horizontal - the acquisition by … acquired company. The merger decisions in the courts most pre-1965 Clayton Act section cases involved horizontal acquisitions …, in the late 1960's and early 1970's much merger jurisprudence was devoted to the analysis and treatment of non …

a tougher approach to merger enforcement than these alternatives. The plain words of Section 7, moreover, do not contain …

standards in the horizontal merger guidelines. Combined, the breakdown of the antitrust regulatory sandbox threatens innovation …, creates additional costs to the merger system, and chills the types of mergers that should be made. To the extent that the …