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Competition policy and merger analysis in deregulated and newly competitive industries / edited by Peter C. Carstensen and Susan Beth Farmer

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2008Description: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 256 p) : illISBN:
  • 9781848443822
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: 1845423135 | 9781845423131 (hardback) | Erscheint auch als: 9781845423131 (hardback) Druck-Ausgabe | Erscheint auch als: Competition policy and merger analysis in deregulated and newly competitive industries. Druck-Ausgabe. Cheltenham [u.a.] : Edward Elgar, 2008. IX, 256 S.DDC classification:
  • 338.60480973 22
RVK: RVK: QR 300LOC classification:
  • HD3616.U47
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781848443822Online resources: Summary: 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 industriesSummary: 1. Introduction and overview / Peter C. Carstensen and Susan Beth Farmer -- 2. Mergers in the US electric power industry / Richard J. Pierce -- 3. Natural gas pipelines : can merger enforcement preserve the gains from restructuring? / Diana L. Moss -- 4. Telecommunications mergers / Jim Chen -- 5. Merger analysis in the post-staggers railroad industry / Curtis M. Grimm -- 6. Airline mergers - second-best results in a changed environment / Peter C. Carstensen -- 7. Hospital mergers / Thomas L. Greaney -- 8. Mergers and competition policy in the banking industry / Bernard Shull -- 9. The European experience with merger and deregulation / Susan Beth Farmer -- 10. Reflections on mergers and competition in formerly regulated industries / Peter C. CarstensenPPN: PPN: 1023445913Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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