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A Short Overview of a Methodology for the Ex-Post Review of Merger Control Decisions

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  • Paolo Buccirossi

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  • Lorenzo Ciari

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  • Tomaso Duso

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  • Sven-Olof Fridolfsson

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  • Giancarlo Spagnolo

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  • Cristiana Vitale

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Volume (Year): 156 (2008)
Issue (Month): 4 (December)
Pages: 453-475

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Keywords: mergers; ex-post evaluation; methodology;

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Cited by:

  1. Budzinski, Oliver, 2012. "Empirische Ex-Post Evaluation von wettbewerbspolitischen Entscheidungen: Methodische Anmerkungen," Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers 69, Ilmenau University of Technology, Institute of Economics.
  2. Mats Bergman, 2008. "Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? or Measuring and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Competition Enforcement," De Economist, Springer, vol. 156(4), pages 387-409, December.
  3. Budzinski, Oliver, 2012. "Impact evaluation of merger control decisions," Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers 75, Ilmenau University of Technology, Institute of Economics.

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