Merger control regulations significantly affect market structure and concentration
Merger control regulations and antitrust policies play a critical role in shaping market structures, industry concentration, and competitive behavior across various economic sectors.
The claim posits that merger control regulations significantly affect market structure and concentration. Multiple high-quality economics and legal papers analyze how M&A regulations, antitrust enforcement, and related competition policies directly influence corporate consolidation, market shares, and industry concentration indices (such as HHI). There are no retrieved papers refuting this well-established economic relationship.
Sveinn Vidar Gudmundsson, Rico Merkert, Renato Redondi. Cost structure effects of horizontal airline mergers and acquisitions. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.08.017
Paper [1] demonstrates that horizontal airline mergers and acquisitions significantly alter cost structures and influence market behavior, highlighting factors relevant to antitrust policy.
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Ying Yang, Yuxin Liu, Zongfu Mao, Jing Mao, Yalei Jin. The impact of Chinese volume-based procurement on pharmaceutical market concentration. 2024. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2024.1386533
Paper [2] provides empirical evidence that procurement policies and related market regulations directly impact hospital-end market concentration.
Tomaso Duso, Lea Bernhardt, Joanna Piechucka. The Evolution of Theories of Harm in EU Merger Control. 2024. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4892587
Paper [4] discusses how EU merger control policies, legislative changes, and regulatory theories of harm have directly shaped market assessments and corporate structures.
Xia X, Deng W, Eliason PJ, League RJ, McDevitt RC, Roberts JW, Wong H. Financial Ties, Market Structure, Commercial Prices, and Medical Director Compensation in Dialysis.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.2659
Paper [5] shows that ongoing industry consolidation and chain ownership heavily drive market concentration and commercial pricing in the healthcare sector.
Valletti T, Zenger H. Mergers with Differentiated Products: Where Do We Stand?. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11151-021-09810-5
Paper [6] reviews the economic analysis of merger enforcement and the central role of market shares and structural presumptions in antitrust policy.
Viktoria H. S. E. Robertson. Digital merger control: adapting theories of harm. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441056.2024.2307163
Paper [7] evaluates how digital merger control regulations and adapted theories of harm address rising market concentration in platform economies.
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