Tag: Mergers
Mergers Involving Nascent Competition
By A. Douglas Melamed (Stanford)
Mergers involving nascent competition are a hot topic in antitrust circles, especially in light of the pending FTC case against...
Misconduct Synergies from Mergers
By: Emmanuel Yimfor & Heather Tookes (CLS Blue Sky Blog)
Like many sectors in the U.S. economy, the registered investment advisory (RIA) industry has seen...
Making the Second Request Process Both More Streamlined and More Rigorous...
By: Holly Vedova (Federal Trade Commission)
Given the recent surge in merger filings and the Commission’s obligation to protect Americans from illegal transactions, the Bureau...
Technology Mergers and the Market for Corporate Control
By: Sam Bowman, Dirk Auer & Geoffrey Manne (Truth on the Market)
In recent years, a growing chorus of voices has argued that existing merger rules...
How Do Start-up Acquisitions Affect the Direction of Innovation?
By José L. Moraga-González & Evgenia Motchenkova (VU University Amsterdam)
A start-up engages in an investment portfolio problem by choosing how much to invest in...
Rethinking Antitrust
By Lawrence J. White (NYU)
This paper offers a number of proposals for reforming antitrust policy.
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Market Concentration in Europe: Evidence from Antitrust Markets
By Pauline Affeldt & Tomaso Duso (German Institute for Economic Research), Klaus Gugler (Vienna University), Joanna Piechucka (Paris School of Economics)
An increasing body of...
Would You Rather: Merger or Nationalization?
By: Eric Fruits (Truth on the Market)
While much of the world of competition policy has focused on mergers in the COVID-19 era. Some observers...
California AG Seeks Power To Slow Healthcare Mega-Mergers
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is seeking authority to slow healthcare mergers, arguing that consolidation typically accelerates amid crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, according...
Assessing “Killer Acquisitions”: An Assets and Capabilities-Based View of the Start-Up
Killer acquisitions have come under the eye of the antitrust community. However, the issue has not always been discussed in a systematic way and...
