Merger Control in Europe: The Gap in the ECMR and National Merger Legislations

by Ioannis Kokkoris

Book Overview

This book addresses the phenomenon of mergers that may result in non-coordinated effects in oligopolistic markets. Such cases are sometimes referred to as "non-collusive oligopolies", or "gap cases" and there is a concern that they might not be covered by the substantive test that some Member States use for merger assessment. Ioannis Kokkoris examines the argument that the European Community Merger Regulation (Regulation 4064/89) did not capture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415813255
• ISBN13: 9780415813259
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"