An econometric analysis of the European Commission's merger decisions

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 717-737

  Bergman, Mats A ^a   Jakobsson, Maria ^b   Razo, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antitrust; Competition law; Merger; Merger regulation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANTITRUST; COMPETITION LAW; MERGER; MERGER REGULATION;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 28044444732     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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