Arbeitspapier
Impact evaluation of merger control decisions
This paper provides a comparative analysis of methods for the empirical ex post evaluation of merger control decisions. It develops a competition-policy oriented framework of assessment criteria for the leading evaluation methods and applies them to structural modeling and simulation, differences-in-differences methods, event studies as well as survey-based methods. It concludes that a method-mix is recommendable, however, under the exclusion of event studies that fail to safeguard a minimum level of reliability of their results. Furthermore, the paper warns against overly optimistic expectations about the effects of systematic impact evaluations of merger decisions.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers ; No. 75
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Methodological Issues: General
Quantitative Policy Modeling
Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
Antitrust Issues and Policies: General
Antitrust Law
- Subject
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empirical methods of industrial organization
merger control
competition
policy
antitrust decisions
comparative analysis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Budzinski, Oliver
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Technische Universität Ilmenau, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
- (where)
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Ilmenau
- (when)
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2012
- Handle
- Last update
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Budzinski, Oliver
- Technische Universität Ilmenau, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
Time of origin
- 2012
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