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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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Article provided by Springer in its journal De Economist.

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

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Handle: RePEc:kap:decono:v:156:y:2008:i:4:p:453-475
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-008-9104-3
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Keywords: mergers; ex-post evaluation; methodology;

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Cited by:

  1. Hüschelrath, Kai, 2009. "Methodologische Grundlagen einer Evaluation von Wettbewerbspolitik," ZEW Discussion Papers 09-084, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research.
  2. Budzinski, Oliver, 2012. "Impact evaluation of merger control decisions," Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers 75, Ilmenau University of Technology, Institute of Economics.
  3. Budzinski, Oliver, 2012. "Empirische Ex-Post Evaluation von wettbewerbspolitischen Entscheidungen: Methodische Anmerkungen," Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers 69, Ilmenau University of Technology, Institute of Economics.
  4. 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.
  5. Oliver Budzinski, 2011. "Impact Evaluation of Merger Decisions," Working Papers 112/11, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Environmental and Business Economics.

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