This Essay provides an overview of U.S. antitrust merger practice in addressing efficiencies both in terms of actual … practitioners play during the merger process in shaping whether or not the agencies will litigate a case, or the types of issues … that end in litigation. Moreover, the article does not sufficiently analyze merger enforcement decisions at the agencies …

The two leading merger systems - those of the United States and the European Union - treat the potential benefits and … principle has important systemic effects for merger control. Not only does it stand in the way of some socially desirable … principle, the probability-adjusted net present value of merger risks should be treated symmetrically with the probability …

Efficiency defence and merger remedies are key components in most merger control regimes. Although in many … firms face in merger litigation where they are allowed to choose what combination of efficiency claims and settlement offers … to make. The main novelty of this work is the use of data from company reports on the merger-generated synergy …

The paper studies the effects of the Pfizer and Pharmacia (2003) merger on competition in the Swiss pharmaceutical … market and compares the assessment of the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) with the post-merger market developments. We … find that the merger has had a miniscule impact on the Swiss pharmaceutical market. This has primarily to do with the fact …

effects of the Carlsberg-Pripps merger in the Swedish beer market and compare the predicted outcomes with those observed ex …-post. There are no important price increases following the merger and prices of divested beers fell. Our merger simulations, that …

antitrust enforcement. It shows that empirical economic studies, experimental results, real-world examples, and economic theory … effective, whether through purposive or non-purposive conduct. This supports a structural merger policy, by which mergers …

addition to standard merger price effects. ccGUPPI is sufficient to correctly predict whether a merger of capacity … full merger simulation …

outcomes, and recommends tighter merger regulation. Since the works of both have been used to support more aggressive antitrust …

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 …