An Econometric Analysis of the European Commission's Merger Decisions

Arbeitspapier

Using a sample of 96 mergers notified to the EU Commission and logit regression techniques, we analyse the Commission's decision process. We find that the probability of a phase 2 investigation and of a prohibition of the merger increases with the parties' market shares. The probability increases also when the Commission finds high entry barriers or that post-merger collusion is easy. We do not find significant effects of political variables, such as the nationality of the merging firms or the identity of the commissioner.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2003:6

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation ; Labor Law ; Antitrust Issues and Policies: General
• Thema: competition law ; antitrust ; merger ; merger reulation ; Wettbewerbsrecht ; Kartellrecht ; Fusionskontrolle ; EU-Staaten

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Bergman, Mats A. ; Jakobsson, Maria ; Razo, Carlos
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Uppsala University, Department of Economics
• (wo): Uppsala
• (wann): 2003

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/82705
• URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-4460
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ