This paper analyses a large upstream joint venture with divestiture in the French coffee market. Contrary to previous … approaches used to study the effect of upstream divestiture on prices and economic welfare, we model the vertical market … structure. First, we show that divestiture can lead to marginal cost savings for the buyer of the divested brand. Second, our …

This paper analyzes a merger of large manufacturers with divestiture in the French coffee market. In contrast to … structure. First, our results show that the standard policy recommendation to require divestiture to small recipient firms may … overestimate costs. We estimate costs that are 41 percent lower, and find that divestiture can lead to marginal cost savings for …

investigates the effectiveness of implementing such merger remedies when bargaining between manufacturers and retailers is a key … 2015, subject to a divestiture. The divestiture indeed helped to mitigate the negative impacts of the merger. From the …Merger control plays a central role in competition policy. When assessing proposed mergers, Competition Authorities …

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 …

investigates the effectiveness of implementing such merger remedies when bargaining between manufacturers and retailers is a key … 2015, subject to a divestiture. The divestiture indeed helped to mitigate the negative impacts of the merger. From the …Merger control plays a central role in competition policy. When assessing proposed mergers, Competition Authorities …

Im Rahmen der Wettbewerbspolitik spielt neben dem Kartellverbot und der Missbrauchsaufsicht die Fusionskontrolle eine … Verbraucherpreise sind, wenn Verhandlungen zwischen Herstellern und Einzelhändlern eine wichtige Rolle spielen. Betrachtet wird ein … unter der Auflage einer teilweisen Entflechtung genehmigt wurde. Dabei mussten die Unternehmen eine ihrer Marken an einen …

Im Rahmen der Wettbewerbspolitik spielt neben dem Kartellverbot und der Missbrauchsaufsicht die Fusionskontrolle eine … Verbraucherpreise sind, wenn Verhandlungen zwischen Herstellern und Einzelhändlern eine wichtige Rolle spielen. Betrachtet wird ein … unter der Auflage einer teilweisen Entflechtung genehmigt wurde. Dabei mussten die Unternehmen eine ihrer Marken an einen …

We analyze the effects of structural remedies on merger activity in a Cournot oligopoly when the antitrust agency … applies a consumer surplus standard. Remedies increase the scope for profitable and acceptable mergers, while divestitures to … induces strictly price-decreasing mergers. Finally, under incomplete information an effcient merger type is to be doomed to …

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. …

market concentration was more likely to lead to higher post-merger prices, although remedies were able to reduce post-merger …In this review of retrospective European merger studies we provide a discussion of the price effect of analysed mergers … followed by a price-increase, suggesting that, in our sample, merger interventions were effective at eliminating problems. High …