Recent Developments at the CMA: 2017–2018

Adriano Basso (), Julie Bon (), Bethany Tasker (), Natalie Timan (), Mike Walker () and Chris Whitcombe ()
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Adriano Basso: Competition and Markets Authority
Julie Bon: Competition and Markets Authority
Bethany Tasker: Competition and Markets Authority
Natalie Timan: Competition and Markets Authority
Mike Walker: Competition and Markets Authority
Chris Whitcombe: Competition and Markets Authority

Review of Industrial Organization, 2018, vol. 53, issue 4, No 3, 615-635

Abstract: Abstract We describe three interesting cases that the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has dealt with over the past year: first, we discuss the merger of two online food ordering platforms—Just Eat and Hungryhouse—which required an assessment of competition in the presence of indirect network effects. Second, we discuss the vertical merger of a grocery retailer and wholesaler—Tesco and Booker—which posed the challenge of how to assess a firm’s incentives to foreclose its rivals when there are thousands of local markets. Finally, we discuss Open Banking, which lies at the heart of the package of remedies that came out of the CMA’s market investigation into personal banking, and sought to tackle issues of low customer engagement.

Keywords: CMA; Competition policy; Mergers; Platforms; Remedies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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