On the desirability of an efficiency defense in merger control

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 803-827

  Lagerlöf, Johan N M ^a,b   Heidhues, Paul ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antitrust; Asymmetric information; Disclosure; Efficiency gains; Lobbying; Rent seeking

Indexed keywords

ANTITRUST; ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; DISCLOSURE; EFFICIENCY GAINS; LOBBYING; RENT SEEKING;

COSTS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 28044438462     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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