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Merger Control in Ireland: An economic appraisal

Merger Control in Ireland: An economic appraisal

Hardcover

Investing & FinanceGeneral Law

ISBN10: 1781196486
ISBN13: 9781781196489
Publisher: Oak Tree Press
Published: Jul 11 2025
Pages: 576
Weight: 2.15
Height: 1.25 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The objective of merger control is to prevent mergers that are likely to have negative effects on competition and thereby harm consumers. Consequently, any assessment of a merger control regime needs to consider whether it is effective in preventing such mergers outright or subjecting them to remedies which eliminate the risk of anti-competitive effects. The Competition Act, 2002, radically overhauled Ireland's merger control regime, transferring responsibility for merger decisions from politicians to an independent regulatory agency: the Competition Authority (CA), subsequently the Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). Since 2002, the CA/CCPC has decided on more than 1,200 mergers, prohibiting a small number outright but requiring remedies in many others. To date, however, there has been very little detailed analysis of Ireland's merger control regime. This book provides a detailed economic assessment of merger control based on an analysis of several hundred CA/CCPC merger decisions, as well as EU, UK, and US cases.

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