Essays about: "Ex-Post Merger Analysis"

Found 3 essays containing the words Ex-Post Merger Analysis.

  1. 1. Anti-competitive: Things that Gain from Dispersion - An Application of Synthetic Controls in Ex-Post Merger Analysis

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Isak Thelander; Eliel Koivisto Stenström; [2021]
    Keywords : Ex-Post Merger Analysis; Antitrust; Synthetic Control; Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis tests how 16 approved mergers which were subjected to an ex-ante investigation by the Swedish Competition Authority (SCA) between 2000-2015 affected consumer prices through a synthetic control methodology. Ex-post assessments of approved mergers' effect on prices are rare due to a lack of adequate controls for non-merger related price fluctuations. READ MORE

  2. 2. Tipping Markets : An analysis of the Commission's proposal for a Digital Markets Act

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Hedvig Sylwan; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The particular characteristics and practices of digital platforms have given rise to the phenomenon of “tipping”, where one platform provider takes the whole market. There has been a growing concern among competition law regulators and enforcers that the traditional ex-post antitrust instruments cannot remedy the distortion of competition it causes in digital markets. READ MORE

  3. 3. Competition analysis of barriers to entry theory in relation to innovation and R&D in the EU legal order

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Axel Hedberg; [2011]
    Keywords : EU law; competition law; barriers to entry; innovation markets; law and economics; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Detta examensarbete behandlar ur ett konkurrensrättsligt perspektiv hur inträdesbarriärer tolkats i relation till innovationsmarknader inom EU-rätten. Vidare innehåller arbetet en de lege ferenda analys av hur inträdesbarriärer bör tolkas baserat på nationalekonomiska teorier. READ MORE