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Gidley, J Mark and George L Paul (Eds), Worldwide Merger Notification Requirements, Kluwer Law International BV, The Netherlands (ISBN: 9789041132031) (Looseleaf available through Aspen)
Covers more than 200 jurisdictions

Julie Clarke, 'International Merger Policy: Applying Domestic Law to International Markets', Edward Elgar Publishing (April 2014)

Elizabeth M Avery, Susana Cabrera, Ethan Litwin, David Mamane, Bruno L Peixoto, Alexander Rinne, David A Schwartz, Alison Shea and Lionel Tupman (eds), The Essentials of Merger Review (American Bar Association, 2013)

John Davies (ed), Merger Control 2014, Getting the Deal Through (6 September 2013)

David Gore, Stephen Lewis, Andrea Lofaro and Frances Dethmers, The Economic Assessment of Mergers Under European Competition Law (Cambridge University Press, 2013)

Konkurrensverket - Swedish Competition Authority, 'More Pros & Cons of Merger Control 2012'
Collection of conference papers from international seminar orginazed by the Swedish Competition Authority in Stockholm on the 9th November 2012.

ABA Section of Antitrust Law, The Merger Review Process: A Step-by-Step Guide to U.S. and Foreign Merger Review (March 2012)

George Cumming, Merger Decisions and the Rules of Procedure of the European Community Courts, Kluwer Law International, 2012
Reviewed by Despoina Mantzari in (2012) 35(2) World Competition 387-388 (464 pages, ISBN 9789041136718)

Maher Dabbah and Paul Lasok QC (eds), Merger Control Worldwide, Cambridge University Press (2nd edition, 2012) (2 volumes)

D Daniel Sokol and William Blumenthal, 'Merger Control: Key International Norms and Differences' in Ariel Ezrachi (ed), Research Handbook on International Competition Law, Edward Elgar (November 2012) (book chapter)

Terralex Pre-Merger Notification Manual 2012 (free download - covers 60 jurisdictions)

Jean-François Bellis and Porter Elliott (eds), Merger Control (Sweet and Maxwell, 2011)

Barco Botta, Merger Control Regimes in Emerging Economies: A Case Study on Brazil and Argentina (Wolters Kluwer, 2011) (403pp, 978-9-0411-3402-8)
Reviewed by Julian Pena in World Competition 35, no. 2 (2012): 385–392

Ioannis Kokkoris, Merger Control in Europe: The Gap in the ECMR and National Merger Legislations, Routlage, 2011 (293 pages)

Steven Noë, Directory of EU Case Law on Merger Control: 'The Merger Brick' (Kluwer Law International, 2011), 644 pp., ISBN 978-90-411-3285-7
Reviewed by Despoina Mantzari in (2012) 35(2) World Competition 560

Nigel Parr and Catherine Hammon (eds), Merger Control 2012, International Comparative Legal Guides (8th edn, 2011)
Covers 55 Jurisdictions and 4 general chapters. 400 pages: ISBN: 978-1-908070-12-8

Ioannis Kokkoris, Merger Control in Europe, Taylor & Francis (2010)

Catalin Stefan Rusu, European Merger Control, Kluwer Law International (2010)

Stephen Davies and Bruce Lyons, Mergers and Merger Remedies in the EU, Edward Elgar (2007)

Smitherman, Charles, Transatlantic Merger Cases: United States - European Community Merger Review Co-operation (Cameron May, 2007)

Francois Leveque and Howard Shelanski (eds) Merger Remedies in American and European Competition Law (Edward Elgar, 2004)

J William Rowley and Donald Baker, International mergers: The Antitrust Process (2 volumes), Sweet & Maxwell (1996)

Yuanshan Li, 'A critical evaluation of the analysis of horizontal mergers under the Anti-Monopoly Law in China — what can we learn from the EU?' (PhD Thesis, University of Glasgow)

Alexandr Svetlicinii, Assessing Non-horizontal Mergers: The role of legal rules and integration of economic analysis (PhD Thesis, European University Institute, Department of Law, 2011)

Julie Clarke, The International Regulation of Transnational Mergers (PhD Thesis, Qld UT, 2010)

Socrates Karagiannidis, Mergers and Acquisitions in Australia: Reasons and Timing (DBA Thesis, VU, 2010)

Linda Dastory, An Event Study of the Merger Proposal Between BHP-Billiton and Rio-Tinto (Master’s Thesis, Luleå University of Technology, 2009)

Katri Paas-Mohando, Implications of Smallness of an Economy on Merger Control (doctoral thesis, 26 June 2009, University of Tartu, Estonia)

Steiner, Mark, Economics in Antitrust Policy: Freedom to Contract v Freedom to Compete (D Phil Thesis, University of Zurich, 2007)

M Fevzi Toksoy, 'Competition law aspects of mergers and acquisitions in the EU and Turkish Law: Does Turkey Call for a Merger Reform? The Answer and a Policy Proposal' (Marmara University, European Community Institute, Department of EU Law, PhD Thesis, Istanbul, 2007)

Giannino, Michele, International Cooperation and the Regulation of Transnational Mergers (D Phil Thesis, Queen Mary College of University of London, 2006)

Lucia Bonova, 'The international merger control regime: building cooperation without harmonization' (Master of Laws thesis, Institute of Comparative Law, McGill)

Chris Noonan, The Emerging Principles of International Competition Policy (D Phil Thesis, University of Auckland, 2004)

Joseph Wilson, Globalization and the Limits of National Merger Control Laws: Gaps in Global Governance and the Need for an International Merger Control Regime (Doctor of Civil Law Thesis, McGill University, 2002)

S Eyre, 'The politics of merger control in the EU and the UK' (PhD thesis)

Anu Bradford, Robert J Jackson Jr and Jonathon Zytnick, 'Is EU Merger Control Used for Protectionism? An Empirical Analysis' (December 2017) 14(4) Journal for Empirical Legal Studies; Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 571. Available at SSRN (23 June 2017)
Abstract: The European Commission has often used its merger-review power to challenge high-profile acquisitions involving non-EU companies, giving rise to concerns that its competition authority has evolved into a powerful tool for industrial policy. The Commission has been accused of deliberately targeting foreign—especially American—acquirers, while facilitating the creation of European national champions. These concerns, however, rest on a few famous anecdotes. In this Article, we introduce a unique dataset that allows us to provide the first rigorous examination of these claims. Our analysis of the over 5,000 mergers reported to the Commission between 1990 and 2014 reveals no evidence that the Commission has systematically used its authority to protectionist ends. If anything, our results suggest that the Commission is less likely to challenge transactions involving non-EU acquirers. Our analysis therefore challenges the common notion of European antitrust protectionism and shifts the burden of proof to those advancing this view.

Malcolm B Coate and Shawn W Ulrick, 'How Much Does the Choice between Collusion and Unilateral Effects Matter in Merger Analysis?' (21 July 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2995679
Abstract: In many, but certainly not all, merger investigations, the analyst faces a choice between the coordinated interaction (collusion) and unilateral effects models when organizing a competitive review. This paper applies statistical analysis to model the implications of this decision and determine if the choice appears to materially affect the outcome of the merger review process. By first modeling the combined choice of theory of concern and policy outcome, we show that the statistical properties of the error terms allow the analysis to focus on the challenge decision. Next, we estimate merger policy models for both collusion and unilateral effects variables to determine if theory affects merger policy. As the models materially differ, they are used to parameterize a decomposition analysis and evaluate the implications of the theory choice. An alternative analysis applied a matching model to explore the effect of the theory choice on the outcome of the investigation. We find that that the choice of theory has an effect in homogeneous goods market, with a movement from a collusion theory to a unilateral theory reducing the average challenge rate by 12.7-17.4 percentage points and a movement from a unilateral theory to a collusion theory raising the challenge rate by 6.1 to 11 percentage points. For differentiated products, the changes are smaller and insignificant.

Elai Katz, 'Efficiencies Defenses to Merger Challenges' (22 August 2017) 256(36) New York Law Journal

Ioulia Kampouridi, 'Arguments for the EU-US Convergence and against a Global Merger Control Regime' (2015) 38(1) World Competition 107–132
Abstract: The internationalization of markets, i.e., globalization, has resulted in a number of transnational mergers during the past few years, which require ex ante notification filings in multiple jurisdictions. This requirement is costly for both the merging companies and regulators and creates uncertainty. Responding to this phenomenon, commentators have argued for the establishment of a global merger control policy administered by a global agency. I argue against this proposal for two reasons. First, I evaluate procedural concerns that include the requirement to give reasons and the third parties' and the merging parties' right to appeal the national regulators' decision. Second, I explore the debate as to what the goals of antitrust law should be and examine their biased application to particular facts. I illustrate my argument against the adoption of a global merger law applied by a single agency using the three recent mergers between US Airways and American Airlines, between Universal and EMI and between Microsoft and Skype. Lastly, I examine different solutions offered by commentators and propose a modest solution which would mitigate the problem of duplicative review of transnational mergers by the EU and the US To conclude, I advocate the desirability of EU-US convergence in merger control.

Cecil Saehoon Chung, Kyoung Yeon Kim, Kyu Hyun Kim, 'Early Signs of Protectionist Merger Control in Korea? Probably No, At Least Not Yet' (October 2014(2)) CPI Antitrust Chronicle

Matthew O'Regan, Burges Salmo, 'United Kingdom Merger Control: Recent Developments in the Failing Firm Defence' (11 September 2014) Kluwer Competition Law Blog

Mark Jones, 'Substantial Reform of EU Merger Control on the Cards' (15 July 2014) Antitrust Connect Blog

Yavuz Karagok and Samuel Rutz, 'Towards optimal merger notification regimes: evidence from Switzerland' (2014) 2(2) Journal of Antitrust Enforcement 451-483

Benjamin R. Kern, 'Innovation Markets, Future Markets, or Potential Competition: How Should Competition Authorities Account for Innovation Competition in Merger Reviews?' (2014)(2) 37 World Competition 173–206

K K Sharma, 'Merger Review in China and South East Asia: Does It Smell of Protectionism?' (October 2014(2)) CPI Antitrust Chronicle

Malcolm B Coate, 'The Use of Natural Experiments in Merger Analysis' (advanced access 2012) J Antitrust Enforcement 1-31 (full 2013 citation to come)

Jean-Etienne de Bettingnies and Thomas W Ross, 'Mergers, Agency Costs, and Social Welfare' (2013) Journal of Law, Economics and Organization

Deborah L. Feinstein1 (Director, Bureau of Competition, FTC), 'The Significance of Consent Orders in the Federal Trade Commission’s Competition Enforcement Efforts' (GCR Live, New York, NY, 17 September 2013)

Ilene Knable Gotts, ‘Navigating Multijurisdictional Merger Reviews: Suggestions from a Practitioner’ (2013) 9(2) Competition Law International 149

George A Hay and E Jane Murdoch, 'A tale of two cities: From Davids Holdings to Metcash' (2013) 20 Competition & Consumer Law Journal 213

Simon Hirsbrunner, 'The Converted Missionary: Germany Revises its Merger Control Regime' (April 2013) 9(1) Competition Law International 67

Katri Paas-Mohando ‘Do small economies need specific rules for substantive aspects of merger control?’ (2013) 34(5) European Competition Law Review 260

Michael Pickford, 'A comparison of merger regulation in New Zealand and the United States' (2012) 20 CCLJ 95

Richard Steuer, Jodi Simali and John Roberti, 'Competition Law in Merger Transactions: Managing and Allocating Risk in the New Normal' (April 2013) 9(1) Competition Law International 31

Alexandr Svetlicinii and Külliki Lugenberg, 'Merger Remedies in a Small Market Economy: Empirical Evidence from the Baltic States' (2013) 6(1) Baltic Journal of Law & Politics 1-26

Dan Wi, 'China's Anti-Monopoly Law and its Merger Enforcement: Convergence and Flexibility' (2011) Journal of International Economic Law 14(4) 807-844

David Young, 'Acquiring power: The ACCC's Loy Yang Power decision and the legacy of Australian Gas Light Company v ACCC (No 3) (2013) 20 Competition & Consumer Law Journal 227

Laurent Benzoni, Julien Pellefigue, 'Mergers control: For a reconsideration of the structural analysis' (2012) Concurrences Competition Laws Journal N° 4-2012, n°49477

Rachel Brandenburger, 'Merger Enforcement in the Americas: Update from the U.S. Department of Justice' (New York State Bar Association Summer Merger Forum, New York, New York, 17 July 2012)

Rachel Brandenburger, 'Recent Developments in Merger Control: Views from the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division' (International Bar Association's 16th Annual Competition Conference, Florence, Italy, 14 September 2012)

Oliver Budzinski, International Antitrust Institutions (July 4, 2012). Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers, Vol. 17, No. 72, July 2012. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2100576

Riccardo Celli, Sophie Stephanou and Killian Kehoe, 'The new UK regulatory regime: How will the reforms affect the international business world?' (15 Mary 2012) Competition Law Insight

Malcolm B Coate, 'Collusion Theories in Merger Analysis: Still Alive and Kicking' (2012) 8(1) Competition Policy International 104

Malcolm B Coate and Jeffrey H Fischer, ‘Market Definition – Still Needed After All These Years’ (2012)

Davina Garrod and Miguel Vaz, 'UK Merger Control: Riding the Winds of Change' in Global Competition Review (in association with Bingham McCutchen), The European Antitrust Review 2012, pages 159-164

Nicolas Harle, Philippe Ombregt and Karel Cool, 'Merger Control and Practice in the BRIC Countries vs. The EU and the US: Review Thresholds' (INSEAD Working Paper No 2012/100/ST) (at SSRN)

Ken Heyer, 'Optimal Remedies for Anticompetitive Mergers' (Spring 2012) Antitrust 26

John B Kirkwood, 'Powerful Buyers and Merger Enforcement' (Accepted paper, October 2012, Boston University Law Review) (SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1809985)

Nadine Mouy, David Tayar, Nathalie Jalabert-Doury, Bernard Amory, Serge Clerckx, 'The pre-notification phase' (2012) Concurrences Competition Laws Journal N° 4-2012, n°49237, p. 12-24

Catherine Prieto, Nadine Mouy, Philippe Rincazaux, 'How to deal with transnational mergers notifications?' (November 2012) Concurrences Competition Laws JournalN° 4-2012, n°49306

D Daniel Sokol and William Blumenthal, 'Merger Control: Key International Norms and Differences' in Ariel Ezrachi (ed), International Research Handbook on Competition Law (2012)

Alexandr Svetlicinii and Külliki Lugenberg, ‘Merger remedies in a small market economy: the Estonian experience’ (2012) 33(10) European Competition Law Review 475-481

Alexandr Svetlicinii, ‘Illegality of Conduct in EU Merger Control: Should We Trust the 'Summary Analysis'?’ (2012) 6 L'Europe Unie/United Europe 139 <http://ssrn.com/abstract=2320417> accessed 18 September 2013

Anne C Witt, 'From Airtours to Ryanair: Is the more Economic Approach to EU Merger Law Really About More Economics?' (2012) 49 Common Market Law Review 217-246

Danielle Wood and Morelle Bull, 'Holding out for a hero: Assessing mergers between potential competitors' (2012) 20 CLLJ 125

Joaquin Almunia, 'Policy Objectives in Merger Control' (Speech delivered at FOrdham Competition Conference, New York, 8 September 2011)

Marco Botta, 'Merger Remedies Imposed by the Competition Authorities of the Emerging Economies' (2011) 34(2) World Competition 321-338

Joseph A Clougherty and Jo Seldeslachts, 'The Deterrence Effects of US Merger Policy Instruments' (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper, TI2011-095-1) (2011)

Daniel A Crane, 'Rethinking Merger Efficiencies' (Public Law and Legal Theory Working Paper Series, Working Paper No 230, March 2011; Empirical Legal Studies Center, Working Paper No 11-001; (2011) 110 Michican Law Review)

Maher Dabbah, 'Cross-border merger control: challenges for developing and emerging economies', Report produced for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD (2011)

Damien Geradin and Ianis Girgenson, 'Industrial Policya nd European Merger Control - A Reassessment' (TILEC Discussion Paper No 2011-053, 3 October 2011)

Paul K Gorecki, 'Revising Merger Guidelines: Lessons from the Irish Experience', ESRI Working Paper No. 379 (March 2011)

Akira Goto, 'Cross-border merger control in Japan' (Tenth Meeting of The OECD Global Forum on Competition (February 17, 2011, Paris, France))

John B Kirkwood, 'Buyer Power and Merger Policy' (Working Paper, Draft 1, 1 April 2011) (at SSRN) (note, see 2012 version)

John B Kirkwood, 'The Predictive Power of Merger Analysis' (Fall 2011) 56(3) Antitrust Bulletin 543 (see also Seattle University School of Law Research Paper No. 12-2) (SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1717945)

Langevoort, Donald C., "The Behavioral Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions" (2011) Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works Paper 438

J Thomas Rosch and Darren S Tucker, 'Emerging Theories of Competitive Harm in Merger Enforcement' (October 2011) The Antitrust Source

D Daniel Sokol and James A Fishkin, 'Response: Antitrust Merger Efficiencies in the Shadow of the Law' (2011) 64 Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc 45 [also available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1800420]

Response to: Jamie Henikoff Moffitt, 'Merging in the Shadow of the Law: The Case for Consistent Judicial Efficiency Analysis' (2010) 63 Vand. L. Rev. 1697

Neeraj Tiwari, 'Merger Under the Regime of Competition Law: A Comparative Study of the Indian Legal Framework with EC and UK' (2011) 23(1) Bond Law Review 117

Emma Trogen, 'National Merger Control - Towards further convergence in multi-jurisdictional filing processes' (2011) 4 Global Antitrust Review

Dan Wi, 'China's Anti-Monopoly Law and its Merger Enforcement: Convergence and Flexibility' (2011) Journal of International Economic Law 14(4) 807-844

Mats Bergman, Malcolm B Coate, Maria Jakobsson and Shawn W Ulrick, 'Merger Control in the European Union and the United States: Just the Facts' (2010) SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1565026

Oliver Budzinski, ‘An Institutional Analysis of the Enforcement Problems in Merger Control’ (2010) 6(2) European Competition Journal 445

Cerasi, Chizzolini and Ivaldi, 'The Impact of Mergers on the Degree of Competition in the Banking Industry' (Nota Di Lavoro, 95.2010)

Julie Clarke, The International Regulation of Transnational Mergers (PHD Thesis, Qld UT, 2010)

Malcolm B Coate and Jeffrey H Fischer, 'Why Markets Matter for Evidence-Based Merger Analysis' (January 2010) Oxera Agenda

J Farrell and C Shapiro, 'Antitrust Evaluation of Horizontal Mergers: an Economic Alternative to Market Definition' (February 2010)

Jamie Henikoff Moffitt, 'Merging in the Shadow of the Law: The Case for Consistent Judicial Efficiency Analysis' (2010) 63 Vand. L. Rev. 1697

Alison Oldale and Jorge Padilla, 'For welfare's sake? Balancing rivalry and efficiencies in horizontal mergers' (2010) 55(4) The Antitrust Bulletin 953

John J Parisi, 'Cooperation Among Competition Authorities in Merger Regulation' (2010) 43 Cornell Int'l LJ 55 55-72

Joseph J Simons and Malcolm B Coate, 'Upward Pressure on Price Analysis: Issues and Implications for Merger Policy' (August 2010) 6(2) European Competition Journal 377

Uphoff, Jonathan N. T. and Gilman, Alexis James, 'Managing Merger Control in the Era of Globalization' Antitrust Magazine, (1 March 2010) Vol. 24, No. 2, p. 79-85

Anurag Bana, 'Mergers & Acquisitions in a Multi-Jurisdictional Regulatory Framework' (Speech at International Conference of Jurists for Judicial Reform, 13 June 2009, London)

Bell, Robert B, 'Voluntary HSR Filings: A Modest Proposal' (2009) 23 Antitrust 69

Choe Chongwoo and Chander Shekhar, Compulsory or Voluntary Pre-Merger Notification? Theory and Some Evidence,
February 2009 (unpublished)

Galloway, Jonathan, 'Convergence in International Merger Control' (2009) 5 Competition Law Review 179

William E Kovacic, 'Assessing the Quality of CompetitionPolicy: The Case of Horizontal Merger Enforcement' (Spring 2009) 5(1) Competition Policy International 129

Robert A Lipstein and Werner Berg, 'Merger Remedies in the US and Europe' in GLG, The International Comparative Legal Guide to Merger Control 2009, Chapter 2

Sophie Papon, ‘Structural v behavioural remedies in merger control: a case to case analysis’ (2009) 30(1) European Competition Law Review 36-48

Myojo, Satoshi and Hiroshi Ohashi, 'Assessing the Consequences of a Horizontal Merger and its Remedies in a Dynamic Environment', Research Paper, CIRJE-F-609, January 2009

Ramsey Shehadeh, Joseph larson and Ilene Knable Gotts, 'The Effect of Financial Distress on Business Investment: Implications for Merger Review' (Spring 2009) Antitrust 12

Dennis W Carlton, 'The Need to Measure the Effect of Merger Policy and How to Do It' (2008) 22 Antitrust 39

Joseph Farrell and Carl Shapiro - Antitrust Evaluation of Horizontal Mergers: An Economic Alternative to Market Definition,
Working Paper, 9 December 2008

Herbert J Hovenkamp, Mergers and Market Dominance, Research Paper, January 2008

William Rowley QC and Omar Wakil, 'The ICN five years on' (Global Competition Review, February 2007)

Aigner, Gisela, Oliver Budzinski and Arndt Christiansen, 'The Analysis of Coordinated Effects in EU Merger Control: Where Do We Stand after Sony/BMG and Impala?' (28 September 2006), Working Paper (28 pages) (SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=933548)

Akbar, Yusaf H and Gabriele GS Suder, 'The New EU Merger Regulation: Implications for EU-US Merger Strategies' (2006) 48 Thunderbird International Business Review 667

Caron Beaton-Wells, 'Mergers without markets? Unilateral effects analyisis in the United States and its prospects in Australia'
(2006) 34 ABLR 186 (available at SSRN)

Budzinski, Oliver and Arndt Christiansen, 'Simulating the (Unilateral) Effects of Mergers: Implications of the Oracle/PeopleSoft Case' Working Paper (36 pages) (15 August 2006)

Clarke, Julie, ‘Multi-jurisdictional merger review procedures: a better way’ (2006) 14 Trade Practices Law Journal 90-109

Ezrachi, Ariel, 'Merger Control and Cross Border Transactions - A Pragmatic View on Cooperation, Convergence and What's in Between' (Working Paper No CCLP(L) 07, University of Oxford Centre for Competition Law and Policy, 2005) (22 pages)

Fackelmann, Christian R Dynamic Efficiency Considerations in EC Merger Control - An Intractable Subject or a Promising Chance for Innovation?, Working Paper 2006

Katri Paas, ‘Non-structural remedies in EU merger control’ (2006) 27(5) European Competition Law Review 209-216

Andreas Strohm, 'Efficiencies in Merger Control: All you Always Wanted to Know and Were Afraid to Ask'

Anwar, Syed Tariq, 'EU's Competition Policy and the GE-Honeywell Merger Fiasco: Transatlantic Divergence and Consumer and Regulatory Issues' (2005) 47 Thunderbird International Business Review 601

Cabral, Luís MB, 'An Equilibrium Approach to International Merger Policy' (2005) 25 International Journal of Industrial Organization 739

Christopher A Whytock, 'A Rational Design Theory of Transgovernmentalism: The Case of EU-US Merger Review Cooperation' (2005) 23 Boston University International Law Journal 1

Joseph A Clougherty and Anming Zhang, 'Export Orientation and Domestic Merger Policy: Theory and Some Empirical Evidence' (2005) 38 Canadian Journal of Economics 778

A Ezrachi, 'The Role of Voluntary Frameworks in Multinational Cooperation over Merger Control' (2004) 36 George Washington International Law Review 433 [abstract at SSRN]

J William Rowley QC and A Neil Campbell, 'Implementation of the International Competition Network's Recommended Practices for Merger Notification Procedures: Final Report' (2004) 5(1) Business Law International 110

Oliver Budzinski, 'Towards an International Governance of Transborder Mergers? - Competition Networks and Institutions between Centralism and Decentralism' (2004) 36(1) NYU Journal of International Law and Politics 1

Luís MB Cabral, 'International Merger Policy Coordination' (2003) 15 Japan and the World Economy 21

Chunlai Chen and Christopher Findlay, 'A Review of Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions in APEC' (2003) 17 Asian-Pacific Economic Literature 14

John F Clifford, Mark Opashinov and Michael Hollinger, 'Efficiency-dependent Mergers: Lessons from Canada' (2003) 6 Global Competition Review 23

PriceWaterhouseCoopers A tax on mergers? Surveying the time and costs to business of multi-jurisdictional merger reviews A study commissioned by the International Bar Association and teh American Bar Association (June 2003)

J William Rowley QC, 'The Internationalisation of Merger Review: Global Solutions Require Both Words and Actions' (The 2003 Antitrust Conference: Antitrust Issues in Today's Economy, The Waldorf Astoria, New York, 18-19 March 2003)

J William Rowley and A Neil Campbell, 'A Comment on the Estimated Costs of Multi-Jurisdictional Merger Reviews' (September 2003) The Antitrust Source.

Smitherman III, Charles W, 'The Future of Global Competition Governance: Lessons from the Transatlantic' (2003) 19(4) American University International Law Review 769-881

Graeme Woodbridge and Philip L Williams, 'Antitrust Merger Policy: Lessons from the Australian Experience' (Working Paper 9600, NBER Working Paper Series)

Akbar, Yusaf, 'Grabbing Victory from the Jaws of Defeat: Can the GE/Honeywell Merger Facilitate International Antitrust Policy Co-operation?' (2002) 25 World Competition 403

Brown, Jay and Niamh Connery, 'Comparing US and EU Merger Review: Procedures, Principles and Whether Adopting the "Substantial Lessening of Competition" Test in the EU will Produce Greater Harmony after GE/Honeywell' (2002) 1 Antitrust Quarterly 2

Miguel de la Mano - For the customer’s sake: The competitive effects of efficiencies in European merger control, Enterprise Papers No 11, 2002

Notification and Procedures Subgroup of the Mergers Working Group, 'Report on the Costs and Burdens of Multijurisdictional Merger Review' (First Annual Conference, Napoli, Italy, September 28-29, 2002)

Aktas, Nihat, Eric de Bodt, Michel Levasseur and Andre Schmitt, 'The Emerging Role of the European Commission in Merger and Acquisition Monitoring: the Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Case' (2001) 7 European Financial Management 447

William Baer and Ronald C Redcay, 'Solving CompetitionProblems in Merger Control: The Requirements for an Effective Divestiture Remedy (2001) 69 Goerge Washington Law Review 915

Blumenthal, William, 'Reconciling the Debate over Merger Remedies: A Discussant's Proposed Decision Rule' (2001) 69 George Washington Law Review 978

Baer, William J and R C Redcay, 'Solving Competition Problems in Merger Control: The Requirements for an Effective Divestiture Remedy' (2001) 69 George Washington Law Review 915

Ezrachi, Ariel, 'Limitations on the Extraterritorial Reach of the European Merger Regulation' (2001) 22 European Competition Law Review 137

Malcolm MacLaren, 'The GE/Honeywell Merger Case: Reaching the Limits of International Competition Policymaking' (2001) 2(12) German Law Journal 1

McDavid, Janet L, Phillip A Proger, Michael J Reynolds, J William Rowley QC and A Neil Campbell, 'Best Practices for the Review of International Mergers: a discussion draft' (2001) Global Competition Review 27

Black, Bernard S, 'Is This the First International Merger Wave?' (2000) 4(4) The M&A Lawyer 20

Black, Bernard S., 'The First International Merger Wave (and the Fifth and Last U.S. Wave)' (2000) 51 University of Miami Law Review 799

Bian, Lin and DG McFedtridge, 'The Efficiencies Defence in Merger Cases: Implications of Alternative Standards' (2000) 33 Canadian Journal of Economics 297

Corones, Stephen, 'The Treatment of Global Mergers: An Australian Perspective' (2000) 20 Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business 155

International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (ICPAC), Final Report to the Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust (2000)
See, in particular, chapters 2-3 relating to merger control.

Rowley, J William, Omar K Wakil and A Neil Campbell, Streamlining International Merger Control, EC Merger Control 10th Anniversary Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 14 September 2000

JF Rill and C Wilson, ‘Selected Recommendations for Substantive and Procedural Convergence in the Multi-Jurisdictional Merger Context’ (199) International Antitrust Law and Policy 368.

Rowley, J William and A Neil Campbell, 'Multi-Jurisdictional Merger Review – Is It Time for a Common Form Filing Treaty?' (April 1999)

Banks, J D, 'The Development of the Concept of Extraterritoriality under European Merger Law and its Effectiveness under the Merger Regulation following the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas Decision 1997' [1998] European Competition Law Review 306

Mary Coleman, Christopher Pleatsikas, and David Teece, 'The Merger Guidelines in the United States, Australia and New Zealand: An Economic Perspective' (1998) 6 Trade Practices Law Journal 153

Michael G Cowie, 'The Global Spread of Antitrust Enforcement Directed at Mergers and Acquisitions' (1998) 43 Antitrust Bulletin 917

A Neil Campbell and Jeffrey P Roode, 'International Mergers: The Highest Common Denominator Effect' (August 1997) Global Competition Review

R Gilbert and SC Sunshine, 'Incorporating Dynamic Efficiency Concerns in Merger ANalysis: The Use of Innovation Markets' (1995) 63 Antitrust Law Journal569-601

Jennifer Antognini-O'Neill, 'Conflicts in International Merger Enforcement: The Proposed de Havilland Merger' (1993) 9 Connecticut Journal of International Law 87

Deanna Conn, 'Assessing the Impact of Preferential Trade Agreements and New Rules of Origin on the Extraterritorial Application of Antitrust Law to International Mergers' (1993) 93 Columbia Law Review 119

Schumann, Laurence, Robert P Rogers, James D Reitzes, Case Studies of the Price Effects of Horizontal Mergers, (Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics, April 1992) (93 pages)

Elzinga, Kenneth G, 'The Antimerger Law: Pyrrhic Victories?' (1969) 12 Journal of Law and Economics 43

Adams, Walter, 'Dissolution, Divorcement, Divestiture: The Pyrrhic Victories of Antitrust' (1951) 27 Indiana Law Journal 1

Merger Working Group Home Page

Templates page - Merger Review Laws, Related Materials, and Templates

Principles and recommendations

ICN Guiding Principles for Merger Notifcation and Review
Adopted at 2002 Annual Conference (First Annual Conference, Naples, Italy, 28-29 Sept 2002)

ICN Recommended Practices for Merger Notification and Review Procedures
Adopted at First Annual Conference, Naples, Italy (September 28-29, 2002). Revised and/or comments added: Second Annual Conference, Mérida, Mexico (June 23-25, 2003); Third Annual Conference, Seoul, Korea (April 21-22, 2004); Fourth Annual Conference, Bonn, Germany (June 5-8, 2005); Fifth Annual Conference, Cape Town, South Africa (May 3-5, 2006)

ICN Recommended Practices for Merger Analysis
Adopted at Seventh Annual Conference, Kyoto, Japan (April 14-16, 2008). Revised Eighth Annual Conference, Zurich, Switzerland (June 3-5, 2009) and Ninth Annual Conference, Istanbul, Turkey (April 27-29,2010)

Handbooks/workbooks

2006

Merger Guidelines Workbook
Fifth Annual Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 3-5 May 2006

Merger Guidelines Workbook: Preliminary Draft for Discussion
Fourth Annual Conference, Bonn, Germany, 5-8 June 2005. D raft prepared by Office of Fair Trading and Irish Competition Authority.

Merger guidelines project: Interim report to the ICN in Merida
Presentation by John Vickers, UK OFT, and various NGAs on status of merger guidelines review project, 24 June 2003

Implementation Handbook (April 2006)
Examples of Legislative Text, Rules and Practices that conform to selected ICN guiding principles and recommended practices for merger notification and review procedures. Fifth Annual Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 3-5 May 2006

2005

Handbook on Investigative Techniques for Merger Review
Fourth Annual Conference, Bonn, Germany, 5-8 June 2005

Date unknown

Waivers of Confidentiality in Merger Investigations
Model Confidentiality Waiver

Reports and discussion papers

2014

ICN Merger Working Group Interim Report on the Status of the International Merger Enforcement Cooperation Project (13th Annual Conference, Marrakech, April 2014)

2011

Merger Working Group Comprehensive Assessment 2010-2011
The Merger Working Group, 10th Annual Conference of the ICN, The Hague, Netherlands, May 2011

2009

ICN Information Requirements for Merger Notification (June 2009)
Prepared by the Notification & Procedures Supgroup and presented at the 8th Annual Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, June 2009

2008

Setting Notification Thresholds for Merger Review
Seventh Annual Conference,Kyoto, Japan, 14-16 April 2008

2007

Defining Merger Transactions for Purposes of Merger Review (2007)
Presented at Sixth Annual Conference, Moscow, Russia (May-June 2007)

2006

Merger Remedies Review Report
From the Fourth Annual Conference, Bonn, Germany (June 2005)

2005

ICN Implementation of the ICN Recommended Practices for Merger Notification (April 2005)

ICN Merger Notification Filing Fees (April 2005)
Developed by Merger Notification & Procedures subgroup - report (27 pages) discusses the various types of filing fee regimes.

ICN Merger Remedies Review Report (June 2005)
Developed by ICN Merger Working Group: Analytical Framework Subgroup for the fourth ICN annual conference, Bonn (59 pages)

2004

ICN Report on the Costs and Burdens of Multijurisdictional Merger Review (November 2004)
Prepared by Mergers Working Group: Notification and Procedures Subgroup (26 pages)

ICN Report on Merger Guidelines (April 2004)
This links to the overview chapter of the Project on Merger Guidelines prepared by the ICN Merger Working Group: Analytical Framework Subgroup for the third ICN annual conference in Seoul. Other chapters are: Market Definition, Unilateral effects, Coordinated Effects, Barriers to entry and expansion and Efficiencies.

2003

ICN Merger Investigative Techniques Compendium of Investigative Tools
Report setting out results from a 2002 questionnaire submitted to ICN members - second annual conference, Merida, Mexico (June 2003)

NGA Report on Implementation of ICN Recommended Practices for Merger Notification Procedures
Analyses from a survey of agencies and private practices how recommended practices on notification procedures are implemented.

NGA Survey - Jurisdictional Matrix of Merger Laws

2002

ICN The Analytical Framework for Merger Control 2002
Discussion paper produced for First Annual Conference, Naples, Italy (28-29 September 2002). Related the this, the following country exemplars were produced:

Australia Exemplar - Allan Fels, Merger Law in Australia (11 September 2002)

Germany Exemplar (Bundeskartellamt)

South Africa Exemplar

United States Exemplar

Undated

ICN Framework for Merger Review Cooperation
Document undated, but uploaded to ICN site 12 June 2012

ICN Model Confidentiality Waiver (Mergers) (Discussion Paper)
Developed by Merger Notification & Procedures subgroup. Iillustrative agency waiver forms.

Speeches, presentations and other resources

2012

Coordinated effects in Merger Analysis
Presentation from Dr Graeme Woodbridge, Economics Adviser, ACCC, 16 February 2012 (PowerPoint Presentation). Part of 2011-12 MWG Economic Analysis discussion series

Coordinated effects in Merger Analysis
Presentation from Adrian Proctor, Economic Adviser, Mergers, OFT (PowerPoint Presentation). Part of 2011-12 MWG Economic Analysis discussion series

Focusing The Early Stage of Merger Investigations
Presentation from Sue Majewski,, Economist, Antitrust Division, USDOJ (PowerPoint Presentation). ICN Conference on Economic Analysis in Merger Review. Part of 2011-12 MWG Economic Analysis discussion series

International Competition Network's Framework for Merger Review Cooperation
Proposal from the Japan Fair Trade Commission for the establishment of the 'International Competition Network's Framework for Merger Review Cooperation'

Unilateral Effects in Homogeneous Product Markets
Alberto Prandini, Economics Adviser, Mergers, OFT. Part of 2011-12 MWG Economic Analysis discussion series

2011

ICN Merger Working Group Comprehensive Assessment 2010-2011
Document added to ICN site on 11 October 2011. Produced for Tenth Annual Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 18-20 May 2011

Quantitative Methods for Evaluating Unilateral Competitive Effects in Differentiated Products Mergers
David W Meyer, Bureau of Economics, US FTC, 15 November 2011. Part of 2011-12 MWG Economic Analysis discussion series

Unilateral Effects in Differentiated Product Markets
Szabolcs Lorincz, Chief Economist Team, DG Competition, EC, 15 November 2011. Part of 2011-12 MWG Economic Analysis discussion series

2010

Tools for Change - Teleseminar/Webinar (13 April 2010) (PPT Slides)
Tools for Change: Implementing the Recommeneded Practices for Merger Notification & Review Procedures April 13, 2010, teleseminar.

Merger Remedies - Teleseminar (10 February 2010) (PPT Slides)
Tools for Change: Implementing the Recommeneded Practices for Merger Notification & Review Procedures April 13, 2010, teleseminar.

2007

Defining 'merger' transactions for purposes of merger review
Joseph F Winterscheid - NGA submission, Sixth Annual Conference, Moscow, Russia (May 31, 2007)

Notification and Procedures Subgroup
Presentation by Maria Coppola Tineo, US FTC, Sixth Annual ICN COnference, Moscow, 31 May 2007

Substantive Issues in Merger Review: Report on the 2007 ICN Merger Workshop, Dublin
From John Evans, The Competition Authority, Ireland, 31 May 2007

2005

Presentation: Merger guidelines workbook: preliminary draft
Slides from John Vickers, OFT, on the merger guidelines workbook and the preliminary draft, 4th Annual Conference, Bonn, Germany, 5-8 June 2005.

Presentation: Merger remedies review project
Ted Henneberry, Irish Competition Authority - preliminary results of the project, Bonn, Germany, 5-8 June 2005

2004

A Private Sector Perspective on Merger Investigations
Constance K Robinson - NGA presentation on multi-jurisdictional merger review, Third Annual Conference, Seoul, Korea (21-22 April 2004)

The Merger Review Working Group: Fulfilling the Promise of the International Competition Network
Remarks by Makan Delrahim, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, US DOJ, presented at the ICN Third Annual Conference, Seoul, Korea, 21 April 2004.

Merger Working Group: Subgroup on Merger Notification and Procedures, 'Monitoring and Implementation of the Recommended Practices for Merger Notification and Review Procedures'
Randolph Tritell, U.S. FTC, ICN Third Annual Conference, Seoul, Korea, 21-22 April 2004.

Presentation on Implementation of the Recommended Practices for Merger Notification and Review Procedures
By Randolph Tritell, U.S. FTC, on implementation of the Recommended Practices for Merger Notification Procedures at the 3rd annual conference, Seoul, 21 April 2004, for the Merger Workking Group, Subgroup on Notification and Procedures.

Presentation on the Merger Guidelines Project: Report to the ICN in Seoul
Presentation by John Vickers, Chairman, UK Office of Fair Trading, on the Analytical Framework Subgroup's project on merger guidelines at the 3rd annual conference in Seoul (21 April 2004).

Presentation on Planning a Merger Investigation
Remarks by Patrick Krauskopf, Swiss Competition Commission, on the possible elements that go into a merger investigation plan.

2003

Notification and Procedures Subgroup, Presentation - Remarks (Presentation slides)
Randy Tritell, US FTC, ICN Second Annual Conference, Merida, Mexico, 24 June 2003

See also opening remarks

2002

Ulf Boege (President of the Bundeskartellamt), ICN First Annual Conference, Naples, 28 September 2002
Speech on the Analytical Framework of Merger Review

Chair Remarks on Merger Notification and Review Procedures
Charles A. James, Assistant Attorney General, US DOJ, Antitrust Division, on Best Practices for Merger Notification and Review Procedures panel at the 1st annual conference (delivered by Deborah P Majoras).

Efficiencies Analysis in Mergers
Debra A Valentine, ICN First Annual Conference, Naples 28 September 2002

Internationalisation of Merger Review: Towards Global Solutions
J William Rowley QC - NGA Remarks at the First Annual Conference, 28-29 September 2002, Castel Dell'Ovo, Napoli

Remarks of Mario Monti on the Analytical Framework of Merger Review
EU Commissioner for Competition, ICN Inaugural Conference, Introductory remarks to 'Analytical Fraemwork of Merger Review', Naples 28-29 September 2002

Remarks on the Analytical Framework of Merger Review and the concept of dominance (Substantial lessening of competition/creation or strengthening of competition)
Richard Whish - NGA Remarks on the substantial lessening of competition and the creation or strengthening of a position dominance at the ICN First Annual Conference, Naples 28 September 2002

The Role of Public Interest in Merger Evaluation
Speech by David Lewis, Competition Tribunal, South Africa, Merger Working Group, Naples, September 2002

Background notes

Cross-Border Merger Control: Challenges for Developing and Emerging Economies
OECD Secretariat Background Note, GFC 2011

EU submissions

EU Submission, Remedies in Merger Cases
(to Working Party No. 3 on Co-operation and Enforcement, June 2011 (DAF/COMP/WP3/WD(2011)59))

EU Submission, Impact evaluation of merger decisions
(to Competition Committee, June 2011 (DAF/COMP/WD(2011)59))

EU Submission, Economic evidence in Merger analysis
(to Working Party No. 3 on Co-operation and Enforcement, February 2011 (DAF/COMP/WP3/WD(2011)26))

EU Submission, Cross-border Merger Control: Challenges for developing and emerging economies
(to OECD Global Forum on Competition, February 2011 (DAF/COMP/GF/WD(2011)23))

EU Submission, Roundtable on standard for merger review, with a particular emphasis on country experience with the change of merger review standard from the dominance test to the SLC/SIEC test
(to OECD Working Party No. 3 on Co-operation and Enforcement, June 2009 (DAF/COMP/WP3/WD(2009)11))

US submissions

US Submission, Discussion on International Co-operation
(to OECD Working Party No 3 on Co-operation and Enforcement, 12 June 2012 (DAF/COMP/WP3/WD(2012)24))

US Submission, Roundtable on Market Definition
(to OECD Competition Committee, June 2012 (DAF/COMP/WD(2012)27))

US Submission, Roundtable on Impact Evaluation of Merger Decisions
(to OECD Competition Committee, June 2011 (DAF/COMP/WD(2011)58))

US Submission, Rountable on Remedies in Merger Cases
(to OECD Working Party No 3 on Co-operation and Enforcement, June 2011)

US Submission, Roundtable on Cross-Border Merger Control: Challenges for Developing and Emerging Economies
(to Global Forum on Competition, February 2011)

Barco Botta, Merger Control Regimes in Emerging Economies: A Case Study on Brazil and Argentina (Wolters Kluwer, 2011) (403pp, 978-9-0411-3402-8)
Reviewed by Julian Pena in World Competition 35, no. 2 (2012): 385–392

See Australian reading room - mergers

Astrid Ablasser-Neuhuber, 'Austria' in Global Competition Review, The European Antitrust Review 2013

Barco Botta, Merger Control Regimes in Emerging Economies: A Case Study on Brazil and Argentina (Wolters Kluwer, 2011) (403pp, 978-9-0411-3402-8)
Reviewed by Julian Pena in World Competition 35, no. 2 (2012): 385–392

Lauro Celidonio, Gomes Dos Reis Neto and Amadeu Ribeiro, 'Brazil: CADE Issues New Merger Control Regulations' (Mondaq, 23 July 2012)

Gustavo Flausino Coelho, Brazil: New Merger Review Process in Brazil (Mondaq, 11 June 2012)

JonesDay, 'Antitrust Alert: Brazil’s New Merger Law Enters into Force, with Increase in Filing Thresholds and New Merger Regulations' (June 2012)

JonesDay, 'Antitrust Alert: Brazil's New Merger Control Law – A New Hurdle for Global M&A (May 2012)

Fiona Schaeffer and Michael Culhane Harper, 'A Fundamental Shift: Brazil's New Merger Control Regime and Its Likely Impact on Cross-Border Transactions' (August 2012) The Antitrust Source

Miguel Amaral Vaz and Thane D Scott, ‘What a Difference a Year Makes! Brazil’s New Merger Control Regime Reaches First Anniversary’ (2013) 21(5) Latin American Law & Business Report 1

2011

Anthony F Baldanza, Huy A Do and Leslie Milton, 'Canada: Merer Control' in GCR, The Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2012

2006

Anthony J Greco, 'Premerger Notification in Canada: How Well is it Working' (2006) 2 Commentaries on Law and Economics 65-88

2004

Campbell, Neil, 'The Increased Focus on Competitive Effects in Canadian Merger Analysis' (Paper prepared for the Canadian Bar Association Annual Competition Law Conference, Ottawa, 23 September 2004)

Campbell, Neil, 'New Canadian Merger Guidelines Focus on Competitive Effects' (Canadian Antitrust Report, McMillan Binch LLP Newsletter, 2004)

OECD, 'Assessment of Merger Control in Chile' (Report by the OECD Secretariat, 2014)

2014

Deborah Healey, 'Mergers in China: What's the Story?' (2014) 88 Australian Law Journal 92

Yuanshan Li, 'A critical evaluation of the analysis of horizontal mergers under the Anti-Monopoly Law in China — what can we learn from the EU?' (PhD Thesis, University of Glasgow)

K K Sharma, 'Merger Review in China and South East Asia: Does It Smell of Protectionism?' (October 2014(2)) CPI Antitrust Chronicle

Zhang Xingxiang and Frank Li, 'Joint Ventures and Merger Control in China: A Continuing Work in Progress" (2014) 10(1) Competition Law International 75-90

2013

Tom Bridges, 'Merger Review in China' (2013) 21 Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law 223

Fei Deng, Adrian Emch and Gregory K Leonard, 'A Hard Landing in the Soft Drink Market - MOFCOM's Veto of the Coca-Cola & Huiyuan Deal' (April 2009) GCP

Michael Han and Richard Hughes, 'Merger Control in China: Developments in 2012' (February 2013(2)) CPI Antitrust Chronical

Wei Han, 'Merger Remedies in China: Past, Present, and Future' (February 2013(2)) CPI Antitrust Chronical

Herbert Smith Freehills, ‘Recent Developments in Chinese Merger Control: MOFCOM consults on draft regulations and imposes remedies in Glencore/Xstrata and Marubeni/Gavilon mergers’ (7 May 2013)

James Modrall, Matthew Bachrack and Cunzhen Huang, 'MOFCOM Publishes Draft Merger Remedy Rules' (21 May 2013) Competition Policy International

Susan Ning, Pulcheria Chung, Kailin Ji and Hazel Yin, ‘China: Path towards a more streamlined merger control system – MOFCOM publishes draft rules on merger remedies’ (Mondaq, 2 May 2013)

Susan Ning, Kailun Ji and Kate Peng, ‘A considerable step of Chinese antitrust regulators in the road heading for transparency’ (China Law Insight, 28 January 2013)

Yujing Shu, Hai-Ching Yang and Siobhan Kahmann, ‘MOFCOM opens public consultation on detailed merger remedies proposals’ (K&L Gates Legal Insight, 19 April 2013)

D Daniel Sokol, 'Merger Control under China's Anti-Monopoly Law' (27 January 2013) Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-05. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2207690 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2207690

Xiaoye Wang and Adrian Emch, 'Five years of implementation of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law—achievements and challenges; (2013) 1(2) Journal of Antitrust Enforcement 247-271

Elizabeth Xiao-Ru Wang and Sharon Pang, 'A Discussion of MOFCOM's Competitive Analysis in 2012 From an Economic Perspective' (February 2013(2)) CPI Antitrust Chronical

Zhuowei (Joyc) Li and Ying (Tracy), ''MOFCOM's Wal-Mart Decision and Its Wider Implications' (February 2013(2)) CPI Antitrust Chronical

2012

Yee Wah Chin, 'The High-Wire Balancing Act of Merger Control under China's Anti-Monopoly Law' (26 August 2012) (SSRN http://ssrn.com/abstract=2120280)

Jones Day, 'Lessons from Four Years of Antitrust Enforcement in China' (September 2012)

Emma Davies and Ninette Dodoo, 'A Practical Guide to Chinese Merger Control' (Clifford Chance, Client Briefing)

Ninette Dodoo and Angie Ng, 'Assessment of information technology mergers in China' (2012) CPI International

Dirk Elvermann, Edwin Li and Patrick Chan, Rong Hongzhi, 'Merger Control under Chinese Law—Practical Matters from the Applicant’s Perspective ' (Winter 2012) 1(2) CPI Antitrust Chronicle

Michael Gu, 'An Introduction of the Anti-Monopoly Law in China' (China Law Vision, Anjie Law Firm, 23 October 2012) (includes discussion of merger laws)

Francois Renard, 'A Practitioner's Look at Merger Control Remedies in China' (Winter 2012) 1(2) CPI Antitrust Chronicle

Cui Shufeng, Rong Hongzhi, 'An analysis of China's Merger Control System' (Winter 2012) 1(2) CPI Antitrust Chronicle

2011

Adrian Emch, 'Chinese Merger Control - Where do we stand' (Spring 2011) XI(2) The Threshold 47-63

Jones Day, 'Antitrust Alert: China Issues Guidelines on the Assessment of Mergers Under the Anti-Monopoly Law' (September 2011) (attaches unofficial English translation of Guidelines)

Dan Wei, 'China's Anti-Monopoly Law and its Merger Enforcement: Convergence and Flexibility' (2011) Journal of International Economic Law 14(4) 807-844

Xinzhu Zhang and Vanessa Yanhua Zhang, 'China's Merger Control Policy: Patterns of New Developments' (2011) Competition Policy International

2010

Yee Wah Chin, 'M&A Under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law: Emerging Patterns' ABA Business Law Section, Business Law Today, September 2010

Xinzhu Zhang and Vanessa Yanhua Zhang, 'Chinese Merger Control: Patterns and Implications' (2010) 6(2) Journal of Competition Law and Economics 477-496

2009

Susan Beth Farmer, 'The Evolution of Chinese Merger Notification Guidelines: A Work in Progress Integrating Global Consensus and Domestic Imperatives' (2009) 18(1) Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law; Penn State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-2010 (SSRN abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=1411727)

Joel Mitnick, Chen Yang, Adrian Emch, 'The Dragon Rises: China’s Merger Control Regime One Year on' (Summer 2009) 23(3) Antitrust 53-59

Alexandr Svetlicinii and Külliki Lugenberg, ‘Merger remedies in a small market economy: the Estonian experience’ (2012) 33(10) European Competition Law Review 475-481

Hussein Ahmed Tura, 'Merger Regulation Under Ethiopian Competition Law: A Comparative Overview' (Working Paper, SSRN, 2 August 2013)

Books (date order)

Ioannis Kokkoris, Merger Control in Europe: The Gap in the ECMR and National Merger Legislations, Routlage, 2011 (293 pages)

PJP Verloop, Merger Control in Europe: EU, Member States and Accession States, Fourth Edition, Kluwer Law International (International Competition Law Series Set) (2003) (454 pages)

Reports

EU Publications on merger control

Articles

2014

Catalin Stefan Rusu, '(Non-controlling) Minority Shareholdings as Self-Standing Transactions under EU Merger Control Analysis: Prospective Solutions' (2014) 37(4) World Competition 487–515

Gabrielle Williamson and Marie-Madeleine Husunu, 'Non-controlling Minority Sharholdings in EU Merger Control' (May 2014) 15(2) Business Law International 123

2013

Götz Drauz, Paul McGeown and Benjamin Record, 'Recent Developments in EU Merger Control' (2013) Journal of European Competition Law and Practice (online version)

O Bretz and K Schallenberg, ‘Market Tests of Remedies: A Practitioners’ View’ (Concurrences No 1-2013)

2012

Anne C Witt, 'From Airtours to Ryanair: Is the more Economic Approach to EU Merger Law Really About More Economics?' (2012) 49 Common Market Law Review 217-246

2011

Damien Geradin and Ianis Girgenson, ‘Industrial Policy and European Merger Control – A Reassessment’ (3 October 2011), TILEC Discussion Paper No 2011-053 (http://ssrn.com/abstract=1937586)

2010

Joaquin Almunia, 'The Past and the Future of Merger Control in the EU', Global Competition Review Conference, Brussels, 28 September 2010

Tim Frazer, Susan Hinchcliffe and Mark Gardner, 'The EC's Decision in Kraft Foots/Cadbury: The Assessment of Mergers Involving Consumer Products' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 81

Oliver Koch, 'Yes, we can (prohibit) - The Ryanair/Aer Lingus merger before the Court' (Competition Policy Newsletter 2010-3)

Massimo Motta, Michele Polo and Helder Vasconcelos, 'Merger Remedies in the European Union: An Overview' (2007) 52 (3&4) Antitrust Bulletin 603 (alternate site)

2009

Robert A Lipstein and Werner Berg, 'Merger Remedies in the US and Europe' in GLG, The International Comparative Legal Guide to Merger Control 2009, Chapter 2

Greg Olsen, 'Revised EU Merger Remedy Guidance' (Spring 2009) Antitrust 80

2006

Akbar, Yusaf H and Gabriele GS Suder, 'The New EU Merger Regulation: Implications for EU-US Merger Strategies' (2006) 48 Thunderbird International Business Review 667

2005

EC Commission Merger Remedies Study (2005)

2004

Lorenzo Coppi and Walker, Mike, 'Substantial convergence or parallel paths? Similarities and differences in the economic analysis of horizontal mergers in US and EU competition law' (2004) Antitrust Bulletin 101

2002

Burnley, Richard, 'An Appropriate Jurisdictional Trigger for the EC Merger Regulation and the Question of Decentralisation' (2002) 25 World Competition 263

Miguel de la Mano - For the customer’s sake: The competitive effects of efficiencies in European merger control, Enterprise Papers No 11, 2002

2001

Angwin, Duncan, 'Mergers and Acquisitions across European Borders: National Perspectives on Preacquisition Due Diligence and the Use of Professional Advisers' (2001) 36 Journal of World Business 32

1998

Banks, J D, 'The Development of the Concept of Extraterritoriality under European Merger Law and its Effectiveness under the Merger Regulation following the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas Decision 1997' [1998] European Competition Law Review 306

1994

Bulmer, S J, 'Institutions and Change in the European Communities: the Case of Merger Control' (1994) 72 Public Administration 42

Buxbaum, Hannah L, 'German Legal Culture and the Globalization of Competition Law: A Historical Perspective on the Expansion of Private Antitrust Enforcement' (2005) 23 Berkeley Journal of International Law 474

Ching-yi Fung, 'Hong Kong Competition Bill: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back', (2012) 35(1) World Competition 165-190

2014

Ruchit Patel, 'The Treatment of Late Filings in Indian Merger Control' (2014) (2) World Competition 249–259

2013

KK Sharma, 'State of Merger Control in India' (CPI, 23 July 2013)

Cyril Shroff and Nisha Kaur Uberoi, 'India's New Competition Regime Steadily Gaining Ground' (April 2013) 9(1) Competition Law International 67

2011

Pallavi S Schroff, 'India: Merger Control' in GCR, The Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2012

Kaushal Sharma, Shankar Singham and Sriraj Venkatasamy, 'Economies (Efficiencies) - An Essential Consideration in Merger Analysis' (Presentation, 1 February 2011)

KK Sharma, ''New Merger Control Regime of India' (8 March 2011 - PowerPoint slides)

KK Sharma, 'New Combination Regulations of India' (India FDI Forum, 31 May 2011)

Kaushal Sharma, 'SSNIP Test: A Useful Tool, Not a Panacea' (May-Jun 2011) Competition Law Reports 188-192

Neeraj Tiwari, 'Merger Under the Regime of Competition Law: A Comparative Study of the Indian Legal Framework with EC and UK' (2011) 23(1) Bond Law Review 117

2011

Paul K Gorecki, 'Revising Merger Guidelines: Lessons from the Irish Experience', ESRI Working Paper No. 379 (March 2011)

Paul K Gorecki, 'Too Many Unnecessary Merger Notifications' (2011) 7 (3) Jnl of Competition Law & Economics 651-670. doi: 10.1093/joclec/nhr008

Paul K Gorecki, 'Merger Control in Ireland: Too Many Unnecessary Merger Notifications?' (ESRI Working Paper No 383, April 2011)

Patrick Massey, 'A Tale of Two Mergers: Irish Merger Policy after the Heineken and Kerry Decisions' (2011) 34(1) World Competition 113–137

Akira Goto, 'Cross-border merger control in Japan' (Tenth Meeting of The OECD Global Forum on Competition (February 17, 2011, Paris, France))

Kenneth Njuguna, 'The New Kenyan Merger Control Laws - Class 101' (Coulson Harney Advocates, 23 April 2012)

Cecil Saehoon Chung, Kyoung Yeon Kim, Kyu Hyun Kim, 'Early Signs of Protectionist Merger Control in Korea? Probably No, At Least Not Yet' (October 2014(2)) CPI Antitrust Chronicle

2012

Sarah Keene and Troy Pilkington, 'New Zealand', in John Davies (ed), Merger Control 2013: The international regulation of mergers and joint venturesin 73 jurisdictions worldwide , Getting the Deal Through

Michael Pickford, 'A comparison of merger regulation in New Zealand and the United States' (2012) 20 CCLJ 95

2011

Michael Pickford, 'Merger regulation in New Zealand: Did the change from dominance to a substantial lessening of competition make a difference?' (2011) 19 Competition and Consumer Law Journal 1

Avias Ngwenya, Genna Robb, ‘Theory and practice in the use of merger remedies: considering South African experience’ (Paper presented at Fourth Competition Law Conference, 2 September 2010, University of the Witwatersrand)

Sonia Cortes, 'Merger Control under Spanish Law' (2000) 28 International Business Lawyer 407

Yavuz Karagok and Samuel Rutz, 'Towards optimal merger notification regimes: evidence from Switzerland' (2014) 2(2) Journal of Antitrust Enforcement 451-483

2012

Senguler & Senguler Law Office, Turkey: New Merger Provisions - A Review Of "Simplified Procedure" (9 November 2012, Mondaq)

1998

Francesca R Crotti and Mine Kasman, 'Turkey's New Merger Control Legislation' (1998) European Competition Law Review 370

Books

2012

George Cumming, Merger Decisions and the Rules of Procedure of the European Community Courts, Kluwer Law International, 2012
Reviewed by Despoina Mantzari in (2012) 35(2) World Competition 387-388 (464 pages, ISBN 9789041136718)

2011

Steven Noë, Directory of EU Case Law on Merger Control: 'The Merger Brick' (Kluwer Law International, 2011), 644 pp., ISBN 978-90-411-3285-7
Reviewed by Despoina Mantzari in (2012) 35(2) World Competition 560

Articles and working papers

2013

Luca Aguzzoni, Elena Argentesi, Lorenzo Ciari Sr., Tomaso Duso, Massimo Tognoni, 'Ex-Post Merger Evaluation in the UK Retail Market for Books' (21 June 2013) Quaderni - Working Paper DSE N° 889 (empirical evaluation of price effects of Waterstone/Ottakar merger)

2012

Gabi Olson-Welsh, 'Mandatory notification and the proposals by the Department of Business Innovation and skills: Is a Hybrid approach teh way forwarrd?' (2012) 11(2) Competition Law Journal 132-138

Ruchit Patel, 'BIS reforms to the UK merger regime: An opportunity missed?' (2012) 11(2) Competition Law Journal 139-153

Michael Scheidgen, 'Merging the merger authorities - an economist's view on the BIS proposal' (2012) 11(2) Competition Law Journal 123-131

2007

Arnold, Malcolm and David Parker, 'UK Competition Policy and Shareholder Value: The Impact of Merger Inquiries' (2007) 18 British Journal of Management 27

Undated

Mergers and Acquisitions I: Law, Merger Guiddelines, and DOJ/FTC Merger Review
Terrific collection of resources by Dale Collins at NYU School of Law (web site: Applied Antitrust: Case Development and Litigation Strategy)

2014

Leslie C Overton, 'Non-reportable Transactions and Antitrust Enforcement' (Remarks as Prepared for the 14th Annual Loyola Antitrust Colloquium, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, Chicago, Illinois, 25 April 2014)

2012

Rachel Brandenburger, 'Merger Enforcement in the Americas: Update from the U.S. Department of Justice' (New York State Bar Association Summer Merger Forum, New York, New York, 17 July 2012)

Harry First, Eleanor Fox and Daniel E Hemli, "Procedural and Institutional Norms in Antitrust Enforcement: The U.S. System" (2012). New York University Law and Economics Working Papers. Paper 303.

James A Keyte, 'United States v H&R Block: The DOJ Invokes Brown Shoe to Shed the Oracle Albatross' (Spring 2012) Antitrust 32

John Kwoka, 'Does Merger Control Work? A Retrospective on US Enforcement Actions and Merger Outcomes' (April 2012) (alternate SSRN)

See also John Kwoka Jr and Daniel Greenfield, Does Merger Control Work? A Retrospective on U.S. Enforcement Actions and Merger Outcomes (November 4, 2011)

Michael Pickford, 'A comparison of merger regulation in New Zealand and the United States' (2012) 20 CCLJ 95

2011

Rachel Brandenburger and Joseph Matelis, 'The 2010 US Horizontal Merger Guidelines: A Historical and International Perspective' (Summer 2011) 25(3) Antitrust 48

Louis Kaplow, 'Market Definition and the Merger Guidelines' (Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No 695, 05/11) (also available at SSRN)

Sharis A Pozen, 'Developments at the Antitrust Division and the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines - One Year Later (ABA Section of Antitrust Law, 2011 Antitrust Fall Forum, Washington DC, 17 November 2011)

Carl Shapiro, 'The 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines: From Hedgehog to Fox in Forty Years' (Working Paper, 10 September 2010) (SSRN)

Judd E Stone and Joshua D Wright, George Mason University Law and Economics Research Paper Series 11-05 (published in Review of Industrial Organization)\

2010

Alden F Abbott and Samuel N Weinstein, 'The New US Horizontal Merger Guidelines and International Competition Policy Convergence' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 39

Elizabeth M Bailey, Gregory K Leonard and Lawrence Wu, 'Unilateral Competitive Effects of Mergers Between Firms with High Profit Margins' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 28

William Blumenthal, 'Scope and Specificity in the 2010 Guidelines: A Pretty Good Balance' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 10

Leah Brannon and Kathleen Bradish, 'The Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Can the Courts Be Persuaded?' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source

Jeffrey W Brennan, 'Bridge to the New Merger Guidelines: The FTC-DOJ 2006 Commentary' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 15

Dennis W. Carlton and Mark Israel, 'Will the New Guidelines Clarify or Obscure Antitrust Policy?' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source

Susan Creighton, '2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines: The View from the Technology Industry' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source

Jay Ezrielev and Janusz A. Ordover, 'The 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines: A Static Compass in a Dynamic World?' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source

Deborah L. Feinstein, 'The Revised Merger Guidelines: Did the Agencies Heed the Lessons of the Past?' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source

Deborah L Feinstein, 'The New Merger Guidelines: Using Statistical Analysis to Assess Their Impact' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 5

Larry Fullerton, 'Introduction: 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 8

Deborah A. Garza, 'Market Definition, the New Horizontal Merger Guidelines, and the Long March Away from Structural Presumptions' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source

Ilene Knable Gotts, 'Are the New Guidelines Representational Art or Pop Art in the End?' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source

John D. Harkrider, 'A Return to Von's Grocery?' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source

Jerry Hausman, '2010 Merger Guidelines: Empirical Analysis' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source

D. Bruce Hoffman and Daniel Francis, 'Including Exclusion in the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source

Herbert J Hovenkamp, 'Merger Policy and the 2010 Merger Guidelines; (16 October 2010; revised 3 December 2010). U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-34 (SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1693246)

James Langenfeld and Gregory G Wrobel, 'Upward Pricing Pressure Analysis Under the 2010 Horizontal Merger Gudelines' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 21

M Sean Royall and Adam J Di Vincenzo, 'Evaluating Mergers Between Potential Competitors Under the New Horizontal Merger Guidelines' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 33

Shearman & Sterling LLP Antitrust Group, 'The 2010 DOJ and FTC Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Increasing Realism While Reducing Predictability' (Client Publication, August 2010)

Gary Zanfagna, 'Pandora's Box Opened: The New Horizontal Merger Guidelines' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source

2009

James W Brock, 'Merger policy and the Antitrust Modernization' (2009) 54 Antitrust Bulletin 337

Robert A Lipstein and Werner Berg, 'Merger Remedies in the US and Europe' in GLG, The International Comparative Legal Guide to Merger Control 2009, Chapter 2

Malcolm R Pfunder, 'Acquisitions from Financially Distressed Entities Under the HSR Act' (Spring 2009) Antitrust 18

2008

Orley Ashenfelter and Daniel S Hosken, 'The Effect of Mergers on Consumer Prices: Evidence from Five Selected Case Studies', NBER Working Paper No w13859 (March 2008) (at SSRN)

2000

International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (ICPAC), Final Report to the Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust (2000)
See, in particular, chapters 2-3 relating to merger control.

2004

Lorenzo Coppi and Walker, Mike, 'Substantial convergence or parallel paths? Similarities and differences in the economic analysis of horizontal mergers in US and EU competition law' (2004) Antitrust Bulletin 101

1997

Baer, William J, 'Twenty years of Hart-Scott-Rodino Merger Enforcement: Reflections on Twenty Years of Merger Enforcement Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ' (1997) 65 Antitrust Law Journal 825

Blumenthal, William, 'Twenty years of Hart-Scott-Rodino Merger Enforcement: Introductory Note' (1997) 65 Antitrust Law Journal 813

1992

Laurence Schumann, Robert P Rogers, James D Reitzes, 'Case Studies of the Price Effects of Horizontal Mergers' (Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics, April 1992)

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