About the Author(s)

Bowman Heiden is executive director at the Tusher Strategic Initiative for Technology Leadership at the University of California at Berkeley and co-director of the Center for Intellectual Property.

Filip Lubinski

Filip Lubinski is a researcher in the European University Institute's Department of Law.

Nicolas Petit

Joint Chair in Competition Law, European University Institute

Nicolas Petit is professor of European Union competition law and head of the law department at European University Institute.

Thibault Schrepel

Associate Professor of Law, Vrije Universiteit

Thibault Schrepel is an ICLE Academic Affiliate.

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Antitrust

A Dynamic Competition Evaluation of the Draft Merger Guidelines 2023

Bowman Heiden, Filip Lubinski, Nicolas Petit, & Thibault Schrepel September 18, 2023

Dynamic Competition Initiative (2023) View Original Source

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Abstract

The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice published a draft update of their merger guidelines in July 2023. This paper reviews the Draft Merger Guidelines from a dynamic competition perspective. We base our findings and recommendations on recent economic literature dealing with innovation.