More Pros and Cons of Merger Control

In the book “More Pros and Cons of Merger Control”, the authors discuss the latest research on merger control and ex-post evaluation of merger decisions. The pros and cons of merger control were high on the agenda ten years ago when we released the first book in the pros and cons series. Some of the issues discussed in the 2002 volume such as expost evaluation of merger control decisions are still debated and developed in this volume in both the contributions by Duso and Metha. Other topics are new like the increased use of screening tools like UPP as is discussed in the contribution by Sørgard. How economics have come to play a major role in merger proceedings are the topic of Hildebrand’s contribution. The proliferation of merger control over the years is remarkable