Understanding the Chilling Effect on Mergers and Market Share

Background: There is widespread concern that some of the recent amendments to the Competition Act will have a chilling effect on merger activity. These amendments represent a considerable change in the Canadian merger landscape and will undoubtedly make it more difficult for merging parties to obtain a clearance of a merger. As a result, businesses may hesitate to pursue mergers due to increased scrutiny and regulatory hurdles. Concentration and Market Share There has been an ongoing debate among scholars in anti-trust law and economics, concerning the degree to which one can rely on estimates of concentration to predict the impact ... [more]
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