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Merger Control in the New Economy

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Lars-Hendrik Röller
Christian Wey

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This paper addresses the potential for conflict between antitrust authorities in the arenaof merger control in the new economy. By "new economy" we mean two relateddevelopments. First, the internationalization of the economy, i.e. the ability to sell andproduce products worldwide, and secondly, markets with certain characteristics such asnetwork effects and other aspects of natural monopoly. We focus on three types ofsubstantive issues in merger control - market definition, assessment of competitiveeffects, and the role of remedies. We argue that the scope for conflict variessignificantly across these three arenas. In particular, conflict over market definition isless likely. By contrast, the assessment of competitive effects and the role of remediesare areas where conflict between antitrust authorities may be more likely in "new economy- type" markets.

ZUSAMMENFASSUNG - (Fusionskontrolle in der New Economy)
Diese Arbeit identifiziert Konfliktpotentiale zwischen Wettbewerbsbehörden in der Fusionskontrolle von New Economy-Fällen. Mit "New Economy" bezeichnen wir zwei miteinander verbundene Entwicklungen: Erstens die Internalisierung der Ökonomien, womit die Möglichkeiten weltweit zu verkaufen und zu produzieren gemeint sind, und zweitens bestimmte Markteigenschaften wie Netzwerkeffekte sowie Produktionsbedingungen natürlicher Monopole. Wir fokussieren auf drei substantielle Problembereiche internationaler Fusionskontrolle: die Marktabgrenzung, die Einschätzung der Wettbewerbswirkungen und die Rolle von Abhilfemaßnahmen. Wir argumentieren, dass sich die Gefahren internationaler Konflikte sehr unterschiedlich über diese drei Bereiche verteilen. Insbesondere sind Konflikte über die Abgrenzung des relevanten Marktes weniger wahrscheinlich. Im Gegensatz hierzu sprechen eine Reihe von Gründen dafür, dass Konfliktsituationen sowohl bei der Einschätzung der Wettbewerbswirkungen von Fusionen als auch bei der Anwendung von Abhilfemaßnahmen wahrscheinlicher werden in New Economy-Märkten.

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Paper provided by Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), Research Unit: Competition and Innovation (CIG) in its series CIG Working Papers with number FS IV 02-02.

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Length: 31 pages
Date of creation: Jan 2002
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Publication status: Published in Netnomics, Vol. 5(1), 2003, pp. 5-20.
Handle: RePEc:wzb:wzebiv:fsiv02-02

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Keywords: Merger; New Economy; Competition Policy; International Conflict;

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  11. Neven, Damien J. & Roller, Lars-Hendrik, 2000. "The allocation of jurisdiction in international antitrust," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 44(4-6), pages 845-855, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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