BOUGETTE , Patrice

The abuse of economic dependence is a concept present in the competition rules of several European Union Member States. It addresses market practices that can lead to both exclusionary and exploitative abuses. Long confined to the retail sector, this concept has gained momentum with the rise of competition concerns in the online platform...

The abuse of economic dependence is a concept present in the competition rules of several European Union Member States. It addresses market practices that can lead to both exclusionary and exploitative abuses. Long confined to the retail sector, this concept has gained momentum with the rise of competition concerns in the online platform...

From a methodological perspective, this paper aims to review the various means to assess a competition agency's merger decision. The upward trend to measure the efficiency of competition policy shows the utility of a survey about the main existing quantitative tools. To this end, four different approaches are exposed: simulation with structural...

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This paper aims to analyze the effectiveness of asset transfers in preventing unilateral effects of a merger. By generalizing market size and the number of merging firms while maintaining quantity competition from previous literature, we show that asset divestitures still allow the remedying of certain price increases. Market size negatively...

This article aims at studying the economic dimension of the bargaining process in merger control by using the latest results from the literature. After recalling the classic typology of merger remedies, we look at what is at stake in the negotiation between merging parties and the competition authority. The tradeoff between merger remedies,...

This paper aims to analyze the effectiveness of asset transfers in preventing unilateral effects of a merger. By generalizing market size and the number of merging firms while maintaining quantity competition from previous literature, we show that asset divestitures still allow the remedying of certain price increases. Market size negatively...

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This paper provides a retrospective study of the 2001 merger between Pierre et Vacances and Maeva, the two largest French holiday companies. First, simulations with data from the merger file indicate that the competition authority made the right decision to condition its approval to a structural merger remedy. The model forecasts significant...

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This paper aims to analyze the effectiveness of asset transfers in preventing unilateral effects of a merger. By generalizing market size and the number of merging firms while maintaining quantity competition from previous literature, we show that asset divestitures still allow the remedying of certain price increases. Market size negatively...

This paper provides a retrospective study of the 2001 merger between the two largest French holiday companies Pierre et Vacances and Maeva. First, simulations with exclusive data from the merger file indicate that the Competition Authority made the right decision to condition its approval to a structural merger remedy. The model forecasts...

This paper aims to analyze the effectiveness of asset transfers in preventing unilateral effects of a merger. We show that asset divestitures allow the remedying of certain price increases. Market size negatively impacts the scope of the divestiture package, while the number of merging firms increases with it. In spite of the required asset...

The iPhone exclusivity deal illustrates the complex issue of exclusive arrangements in high-tech industries. Previous law cases on broadcasting right restrictions also highlighted the risk of anticompetitive foreclosure through such contractual clauses. This paper questions the French competition authorities' decisions in the light of economic...

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The iPhone case illustrates the issue of exclusive dealing in high tech sectors. Previous law cases on broadcasting right restrictions highlighted the risk of anticompetitive foreclosure through such contractual clauses. This paper aims at confronting the French competition authorities' decisions with controversial debates in the field of...

Exclusivité et droit de la concurrence sur les marchés de haute technologie quelles solutions sont retenues par l'autorité de la concurrence en France

Faced with the energy transition imperative, governments have to decide about public policy to promote renewable electrical energy production and to protect domestic power generation equipment industries. For example, the Canada - Renewable energy dispute is over Feed-in tariff (FIT) programs in Ontario that have a local content requirement...

En avril 2014, la Commission européenne a révisé ses Lignes directrices sur les aides d'Etat en matière de soutien aux énergies renouvelables et de protection de l'environnement. Dans cet article, nous montrons dans quelle mesure l'approche plus économique de l'évaluation des aides qui y est proposée peut contribuer à l'appréciation des aides...

Among other factors, one can assess the efficacy of a competition authority by its ability to choose and implement its remedies. Up until now, a dense economic literature has emerged on retrospective merger studies to measure the efficacy of merger control. Yet, little attention has been given to remedies in the other major pillar of...

This study estimates the price effects of horizontal mergers in the French long-distance bus industry. We examine the two mergers that followed the 2015 Deregu-lation Act in theMacron Law. Using an exclusive and exhaustive database coveringeight consecutive quarters, we identify price effects by comparing those bus ...