There is a growing concern that U.S. merger control may have been too lenient, but empirical evidence remains limited … reviewing the use and challenges of event studies in merger analysis, I use a novel application of Hoberg-Phillips (2010, 2016 ….S. mergers between 1997 and 2017. I document that following a merger announcement, the most likely competitors experience on …

increased the risks associated with the merger control process for businesses in Ireland and the EU. The first section of this … section examines proposed reforms regarding the types of transactions which must be notified under the merger control rules at …

studies a sample of past cases composed of all merger transactions reviewed by the European Commission (“EC”) in ICT …’s products, a weakening of competing firms, and/or a post-merger lowering or absence of entry and innovation. In other words, the … paper’s findings are strong. Indeed, the paper’s methodology overcomes the inherent challenge to observe the post-merger …

, including merger remedies and the tax treatment of acquisitions and initial public offerings. Such interventions tend to prevent …

There are legal grounds to hear competitors in merger control proceedings, and competitor involvement has gained … in EU merger cases and give an overview of the legal discussion in the EU and US. …

the period 1990-2002 to assess the effectiveness of European merger control. The basic idea is to relate announcement and … decision abnormal returns. Under a set of four maintained assumptions, merger control might be interpreted to be effective if … rents accruing due to the increased market power observed around the merger announcement are reversed by the antitrust …