Tag: Insights
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Big (beer) in Japan
Japanese authorities raid the big four brewers over suspected beer cartel – what’s the harm?
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Ireland’s TEG extension costs €229 million
Competition in an appropriately calibrated capacity auction is needed to minimise long-term costs to consumers, and to ensure that these temporary measures stay temporary.
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Pharmacy markets are not 2km circles
What is a helpful geographic frame of reference for one pharmacy might be unhelpful one for another
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The EC’s new study on dynamic effects of mergers: what it means for horizontal deals
This week the European Commission published its study on the dynamic effects of mergers. The study is intended as an input into the Commission’s updated merger guidelines and reflects a growing focus in merger control on innovation, investment and future competition, not just current prices and output. It’s great to see such an evidence-based piece…