Workshop

CNMC-TSE Workshop on Merger Control

23 juin 2022

Madrid

Scope and objetive

The aim of this workshop was to foster discussions between members of the Spanish Competition Authority (CNMC) and TSE researchers on recent issues relating to merger control. The two central topics that were addressed were conglomerate mergers and the impact of mergers on innovation.

TSE Participants 

Yassine Lefouili

Patrick Rey

Papers presented

Zhijun Chen, and Patrick Rey, "A Theory of Conglomerate Mergers", TSE Working Paper n. 23-1447, June 2023.

Marc Bourreau, Bruno Jullien, and Yassine Lefouili, “Mergers and Demand-Enhancing Innovation”, TSE Working Paper, n. 18-907, March 2018, revised April 2021.