A horizontal merger involves the combination of two companies operating in the same industry at the same level in the value chain. A horizontal merger is a business consolidation between firms ...

More specifically, it said that revisions to the HMG should “give adequate weight to the European economy’s more acute needs ...

This paper estimates a dynamic oligopoly model with firms’ continuous investment decisions to assess long-run consequences of a horizontal steel merger. It employs a novel simulation method to show ...

“Generally these horizontal mergers tend not to be heavily challenged. Regulators are generally more concerned with mergers within the same market. These are considered largely different market ...

The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has granted approval for the proposed merger of eight single-member retail ...

Recently there has been a notable increase in interest in antitrust law in much of the world. This chapter discusses antitrust policy toward horizontal mergers, the area of antitrust that has seen ...

This paper examines the economic consequences of a horizontal merger between two Korean automakers in 1998. Estimates of structural demand and supply reveal that the merger enhanced the production ...