Assessing EU Merger Control through Compensating Efficiencies
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- Duso, Tomaso & Affeldt, Pauline & Gugler, Klaus & Piechucka, Joanna, 2021. "Assessing EU Merger Control through Compensating Efficiencies," CEPR Discussion Papers 16705, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Pauline Affeldt & Tomaso Duso & Klaus Gugler & Joanna Piechucka, 2021. "Assessing EU Merger Control through Compensating Efficiencies," CESifo Working Paper Series 9403, CESifo.
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Keywords
Compensating efficiencies; Efficiency gains; Merger control; Concentration; Screens; HHI; Mergers; Unilateral Effects; Market Definition; Entry barriers;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L19 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Other
- L24 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Contracting Out; Joint Ventures
- L40 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - General
- K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2022-02-14 (Business Economics)
- NEP-COM-2022-02-14 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-EUR-2022-02-14 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-HIS-2022-02-14 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-LAW-2022-02-14 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-REG-2022-02-14 (Regulation)
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