IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/phs/prejrn/v63y2026i1p76-99.html

The Grab and Uber merger: a retrospective

Author

Listed:
  • Charles David A. Icasiano

    (University of the Philippines)

  • Philip Amadeus D. Libre

    (University of the Philippines)

Abstract

The Grab–Uber merger was a landmark case for the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC). Its decision to approve the merger had a far-reaching impact on passengers and drivers on both platforms. To date, no competitor of the same size and scale as Uber has emerged in the Philippines. Eight years having passed since the merger, it is time to review the approach taken by the PCC in its investigation and approval. This paper examines the appropriateness of reviewing the transaction through the lens of merger control, the gaps in the Philippine merger notification regime with respect to asset-light industries, the definition of the relevant market, and the remedies imposed and their impact on drivers and passengers. Classification-JEL: G34, K21, L40

Suggested Citation

  • Charles David A. Icasiano & Philip Amadeus D. Libre, 2026. "The Grab and Uber merger: a retrospective," Philippine Review of Economics, University of the Philippines School of Economics and Philippine Economic Society, vol. 63(1), pages 76-99, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:phs:prejrn:v:63:y:2026:i:1:p:76-99
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://pre.econ.upd.edu.ph/index.php/pre/article/view/1086/1034
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    JEL classification:

    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
    • L40 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - General

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:phs:prejrn:v:63:y:2026:i:1:p:76-99. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: HR Rabe (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/seupdph.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.