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The 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines at Ten: A View from the FTC’s Bureau of Economics

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  • Alison Oldale

    (Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics)

  • Joel Schrag

    (Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics)

  • Christopher Taylor

    (Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics)

Abstract

Ten years after the adoption of the 2010 revisions to the joint DOJ/FTC Horizontal Merger Guidelines, our experience in the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission leads us to conclude that the revised Guidelines have contributed positively to the Commission’s merger enforcement program. In this paper, we discuss some of the more significant differences between the 2010 Guidelines and the preceding version, and we identify specific cases that illustrate the continued relevance of practices and techniques that are highlighted in the revised Guidelines.

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  • Alison Oldale & Joel Schrag & Christopher Taylor, 2021. "The 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines at Ten: A View from the FTC’s Bureau of Economics," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 58(1), pages 33-50, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:revind:v:58:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1007_s11151-020-09800-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s11151-020-09800-z
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