Mergers
Mergers Are Bad for Innovation
Mergers tend to reduce overall innovation, making consumers “always worse off after a merger," says Tommaso Valletti, the European Commission’s Chief Competition Economist.
As competition authorities...
Study: Politically-Connected Firms More Likely to Receive Favorable Merger Reviews from Antitrust Regulators
A new study finds that firms connected to members of the House and Senate judiciary committees are more likely to receive favorable merger reviews.
The...
How Pro-Competition Rules Can Benefit Consumers: A Look at the Wireless Industry
A new Stigler Center working paper examines the political factors that shape competition in the wireless sector around the world and finds that pro-competition rules...
Do Mergers Benefit or Harm the Economy? Q&A with Bruce Blonigen
A new paper finds that mergers allow firms to raise prices, but finds no evidence that they improve productivity or efficiency.
Do large mergers benefit or harm consumers? Over...
