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Competition policy and merger analysis in deregulated and newly competitive industries / edited by Peter C. Carstensen and Susan Beth Farmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Deregulation--United States--Case studies.
- Deregulation.
- Deregulation--European Union countries--Case studies.
- Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States.
- Consolidation and merger of corporations.
- Consolidation and merger of corporations--European Union countries.
- Competition--United States.
- Competition.
- Competition--European Union countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A number of important American industries have undergone a significant transformation from direct regulation to a market-oriented system, commonly referred to as deregulation. This book examines seven of these industries - electricity, natural gas pipelines, telecommunications, railroads, airlines, hospitals and banking.
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Mergers in the US electric power industry; 3. Natural gas pipelines: can merger enforcement preserve the gains from restructuring?; 4. Telecommunications mergers; 5. Merger analysis in the post-Staggers railroad industry; 6. Airline mergers - second-best results in a changed environment; 7. Hospital mergers; 8. Mergers and competition policy in the banking industry; 9. The European experience with merger and deregulation; 10. Reflections on mergers and competition in formerly regulated industries
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-80138-0
- 9786611801380
- 1-84844-382-X
- OCLC:
- 465642992
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