Competition policy and merger analysis in deregulated and newly competitive industries

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. M...

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Main Author: Carstensen, Peter C.
Other Authors: Farmer, Susan Beth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham Edward Elgar c2008
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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520 |a 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. Carstensen 
520 |a 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