European merger control : do we need an efficiency defence?
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European merger control : do we need an efficiency defence?
Edward Elgar, c2006
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"Published on behalf of the Commission of European Communities"
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- M&A activity and merger control since 1991 / Roderick Meiklejohn
- European merger control : do we need an efficiency defence? / Fabienne Ilzkovitz and Roderick Meiklejohn
- Efficiency gains from mergers / Lars-Hendrik Röller and Johan Stennek and Frank Verboven
- Merger control and enterprise competitiveness : empirical analysis and policy recommendations / Johan Stennek and Frank Verboven
- Efficiencies in merger control / Jrissy Motis, Damien Neven and Paul Seabright
Description and Table of Contents
Description
During its first fifteen years, the EU's merger control system, unlike most others in the world, offered only minimal possibilities for taking efficiency gains into account as a mitigating factor that might offset the anti-competitive effects of a merger. This book examines the background to a change in the legal framework which occurred in May 2004 with the entry into force of a new Merger Regulation that for the first time explicitly recognises the possibility of an efficiency defence.
European Merger Control assesses the likely impact of this new regulation, and discusses the pros and cons of the efficiency defence, how other merger control systems deal with efficiencies, how the investigation process can be organised to accommodate the analysis of efficiency gains and the main theoretical and practical problems which arise when anti-competitive effects have to be weighed against efficiency gains.
With contributions from distinguished academics in the field of industrial economics and officials with practical experience of merger control, this book will be of interest to consulting economists practising in the field of competition policy, competition lawyers, micro-economists and officials of competition authorities.
Table of Contents
Contents:
Foreword
Mario Monti
Introduction
1. M&A Activity and Merger Control since 1991
Roderick Meiklejohn
2. European Merger Control: Do We Need an Efficiency Defence?
Fabienne Ilzkovitz and Roderick Meiklejohn
3. Efficiency Gains from Mergers
Lars-Hendrik Roeller, Johan Stennek and Frank Verboven
4. Merger Control and Enterprise Competitiveness: Empirical Analysis and Policy Recommendations
Johan Stennek and Frank Verboven
5. Efficiencies in Merger Control
Jrissy Motis, Damien Neven and Paul Seabright
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"
