Unpacking market power: Why industry prices fell following a merger
The article “Estimating industry conduct using promotion data,” published in the RAND Journal of Economics by CRA’s Christian Michel, with Jose Manuel Paz y...
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Decades of expert support for M&A globally.
Clear cut analysis of the issues arising in horizontal and vertical mergers and acquisitions is a CRA specialty. We have conducted reviews of mergers in most major industries and assisted clients in M&A transactions throughout the world. CRA’s consultants, including CRA’s in-house economists and our academic affiliates, are widely recognized for their important contributions to the field, including our development of new analytical tools and methods.
Engagements
- 01CRA Competition team advises UnitedHealth Group, clearing path for Amedisys acquisitionThe DOJ, which had initially sought to block the transaction, announced that it reached a settlement with UnitedHealth and Amedisys, enabling the deal to...View engagement
- 02CRA Competition team advises on HPE’s acquisition of Juniper Networks across jurisdictions worldwideThe announcement comes 18 months after the deal was publicly announced in January 2024. The DOJ press release can be found here. CRA’s Elizabeth Bailey,...View engagement
- 03ACM imposes media plurality remedy on DPG-RTL Nederland mergerAccording to the ACM, those remedies are intended to maintain the structural and editorial independence of DPG and RTL’s different news websites, and to ensure...View engagement
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ThoughtLeaders4 Webinar: Innovation and Merger Control – Emerging Trends and Analytical Challenges
As innovation becomes an increasingly central focus in merger control—particularly in fast-evolving industries—competition authorities are grappling with how...
Northwestern's 17th Annual Conference on Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy
Fiona Scott Morton gives the keynote address on “Do Economists Know Enough to Get to Second Best?” Carl Shapiro is a discussant during the paper presentation...
Recent events
CompLaw: Summer School
Christoph von Muellern presents the session titled “Economic Assessment of Mergers” discussing: What is the Commission looking for? Unilateral and coordinated...
2025 CRESSE Conference "Advances in the Analysis of Competition Policy and Regulation"
CRA is a proud sponsor of the event dealing with Competition and/or Regulation issues with emphasis on the policy relevance of recent research. The objective...