Tag: Merger Guidelines
HSR Rule Changes: A Look Back (and Ahead)
Jonathan Cheng, Adam Eckart, Deidre Johnson, Simone Waterbury, May 28, 2013
In August 2011, the Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger rules and form received their second major overhaul...
Alive and Kicking: Collusion Theories in Merger Analysis at the Federal...
Malcolm Coate, Jun 19, 2012
This paper explores the use of collusion theories in merger analysis at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”). The 1992...
Collusion Theories in Merger Analysis: Still Alive and Kicking
Malcolm Coate, Jun 19, 2012
In a 2008 paper published in this journal, I described the continuing success of coordinated interaction (collusion) theories in maintaining...
Upward Price Pressure, Merger Simulation, and Merger Simulation Light
Michael Noel, Mar 14, 2011
Every year, the Federal Trade Commission("FTC")and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice ("DOJ") are notified of thousands of...
Critical Loss vs. Diversion Analysis: Clearing up the Confusion
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Malcolm Coate, Joseph Simons, Dec 16, 2009
Critical Loss Analysis has been a standard...
An Overview of Transparency at the Federal Trade Commission: Generalities and...
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Malcolm Coate, Dec 16, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission's 2004 horizontal merger data release...
Merger Review of Firms in Financial Distress
Ken Heyer, Sheldon Kimmel, Nov 01, 2009
In recessions, we expect to see an increase in both the number and share of mergers where at...
Bush, Clinton, Bush: Twenty Years of Merger Enforcement at the Federal...
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Malcolm Coate, Sep 24, 2009
In the 1980s, merger enforcement underwent two significant changes....
Alive and Kicking: Collusion Theories in Merger Analysis at the Federal...
Malcolm Coate, Nov 01, 2008
This paper explores the use of collusion theories in merger analysis at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The 1992...
Introduction to Chapters VII and IX of Augustin Cournot, Researches into...
Michael Salinger, Apr 24, 2008
In November 2007, the European Commission accepted a set of guidelines concerning its review of non-horizontal mergers. The section on...
