On July 3, 2001, the Commission of the European Communities ( Commission ) rejected the proposed $45 billion merger between The General Electric Company ( GE ) and Honeywell International, Inc. ( Honeywell ), which U.S. antitrust regulators had approved. Of the some 400 mergers involving U.S. companies reviewed by the Commission since 1990, only one had ever been barred. In that instance, however, U.S. authorities had also blocked the proposed transaction. Thus, the failed GE-Honeywell merger marked the first time the Commission had blocked a merger involving U.S. companies that had been approved by U.S. authorities. The Commission\u27s move to block the GE-Honeywell merger brought a firestorm of criticism. This paper seeks to explain the d...
Does recent federal merger regulation make economic sense? Merger activity has clearly increased thi...
The article examines the European Commission's use of its legal powers over mergers. It discusses an...
The U.S. and EU merger control regimes are two sets of merger systems that have the greatest impact ...
On July 3, 2001, the Commission of the European Communities ( Commission ) rejected the proposed $45...
When the European Commission ultimately blocked the merger between American giant General Electrics...
Although antitrust regulation is justified on neutral grounds of economic efficiency and ...
The proposed merger of General Electric and Honeywell International, two U.S. owned and operated com...
The objective of antitrust policy is to looking after/supervise on fair economic competition leading...
With the knowledge of antitrust regulations of the US and EU, the framework was based on historical ...
* I am grateful to an anonymous referee for helpful and constructive comments. The author served as ...
SUMMARY During the last few years activity in the market for mergers and acquisitions has reached u...
On July 1, 1997, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) closed its investigation of the merger of the Bo...
During the last decade there has been serious change in the global constellations of the economy and...
In this paper I will focus on the main economic and legal issues which stem from the adoption of the...
** * DRAFT: Please do not cite this paper without authors ’ permission. The European Union’s (EU) in...
Does recent federal merger regulation make economic sense? Merger activity has clearly increased thi...
The article examines the European Commission's use of its legal powers over mergers. It discusses an...
The U.S. and EU merger control regimes are two sets of merger systems that have the greatest impact ...
On July 3, 2001, the Commission of the European Communities ( Commission ) rejected the proposed $45...
When the European Commission ultimately blocked the merger between American giant General Electrics...
Although antitrust regulation is justified on neutral grounds of economic efficiency and ...
The proposed merger of General Electric and Honeywell International, two U.S. owned and operated com...
The objective of antitrust policy is to looking after/supervise on fair economic competition leading...
With the knowledge of antitrust regulations of the US and EU, the framework was based on historical ...
* I am grateful to an anonymous referee for helpful and constructive comments. The author served as ...
SUMMARY During the last few years activity in the market for mergers and acquisitions has reached u...
On July 1, 1997, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) closed its investigation of the merger of the Bo...
During the last decade there has been serious change in the global constellations of the economy and...
In this paper I will focus on the main economic and legal issues which stem from the adoption of the...
** * DRAFT: Please do not cite this paper without authors ’ permission. The European Union’s (EU) in...
Does recent federal merger regulation make economic sense? Merger activity has clearly increased thi...
The article examines the European Commission's use of its legal powers over mergers. It discusses an...
The U.S. and EU merger control regimes are two sets of merger systems that have the greatest impact ...