In the August 2015 issue of The Antitrust Source, John Woodbury comments on a paper by Gregory J. Werden challenging the outcomes of retrospective studies of mergers and another paper by Justin P. Johnson offering a benign explanation for “loss leaders” when consumers are characterized by bounded rationality. The latter paper in particular is a nice illustration of the nexus between behavioral economics and antitrust. To read the reviews, click the link below.
The Role of Uncertainty in the Future European Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Lessons Learned From Illumina/GRAIL
Under these circumstances, it is however not entirely clear how the future competitive landscape will look like, merger effects cannot be modelled with a high...