Tag: Mergers
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...
The Danger of No Antitrust Enforcement: How a Merger Led to...
Matt Stoller (ProMarket)
The New York Times had an important story about the ventilator market a few days ago, with Nicholas Kulish, Sarah Kliff, and Jessica Silver-Greenberg reporting...
US: Elizabeth Warren takes aim at bank mergers
Senator Elizabeth Warren plans to introduce a bill in coming weeks that would intensify the scrutiny of bank mergers, a signal less of legislative...
EU: ECB head advocates bank consolidation
European Central Bank Supervisor Andrea Enria said that the banking system in Europe is operating with excess capacity, and that there should be some...
Region: IBA comments on “delays”, problems and evolution of mergers
The annual conference of the International Bar Association, held in Santiago, Chile last weekend, welcomed more than 900 lawyers and practitioners to the conference...
Recent Developments at DG Competition: 2017/2018
Posted by Social Science Research Network
Recent Developments at DG Competition: 2017/2018
By Andrea Amelio, Gabor Koltay, Penelope Papandropoulos & Hans Zenger (European Union), Thomas Buettner, Cyril Hariton (Toulouse Business...
