An Econometric Analysis of the European Commission's Merger Decisions

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2003:6

Classification and Topics

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

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bergman, Mats A. ; Jakobsson, Maria ; Razo, Carlos
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Uppsala University, Department of Economics
• (where): Uppsala
• (when): 2003

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/82705
• URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-4460
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET