Competition Policy and Merger Analysis in Deregulated and Newly Competitive Industries

Edited by Peter C. Carstensen and Susan Beth Farmer

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This comprehensive book contains case studies on the evolution of competition policy, with an emphasis on merger policy, for seven major US industries that have experienced substantial deregulation in the past forty years – electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, railroads, airlines, hospitals and banking. Also included is a comparison of the EU’s experience in attempting to bring about competition in the energy, finance, and airline industries.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D0 L0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
ISBN: 9781845423131
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction and Overview

Peter C. Carstensen and Susan Beth Farmer

Ch 2 Mergers in the US Electric Power Industry

Richard J. Pierce

Ch 3 Natural Gas Pipelines: Can Merger Enforcement Preserve the Gains from Restructuring?

Diana L. Moss

Ch 4 Telecommunications Mergers

Jim Chen

Ch 5 Merger Analysis in the Post-Staggers Railroad Industry

Curtis M. Grimm

Ch 6 Airline Mergers – Second-best Results in a Changed Environment

Peter C. Carstensen

Ch 7 Hospital Mergers

Thomas L. Greaney

Ch 8 Mergers and Competition Policy in the Banking Industry

Bernard Shull

Ch 9 The European Experience with Merger and Deregulation

Susan Beth Farmer

Ch 10 Reflections on Mergers and Competition in Formerly Regulated Industries

Peter C. Carstensen

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