University of Mannheim

Martin Peitz

University of Mannheim
Professor

Martin Peitz is professor of economics at the University of Mannheim and a director of the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation - MaCCI. He has been an academic director of the Centre on Regulation in Europe, CERRE (2012-2016) and head of the Department of Economics in Mannheim (2010-2013). Martin holds a Ph.D. from Bonn. Martin Peitz is co-author of the leading graduate textbook “Industrial Organization : Markets and Strategies” and the book “The Economics of Platforms : Concepts and Strategy”. His research on industrial organization and microeconomics has been widely published in leading economics journals. He is a frequent public speaker and has been advising a number of competition authorities, sector regulators, and government bodies in Europe and abroad.

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Articles

869 Bulletin

Martin Peitz Mergers in Big Tech : Recent developments in EU and national case law

869

Several recent works document mergers in digital markets with a particular focus on Big Tech acquisitions. They aim to quantify the levels of merger activity, the type of merger activity, and the possible motivations for the merger. In the policy debate, some commentators see entry and mergers as proof of vibrant competition in which firms compete through investments and acquisitions, while others emphasize that these mergers are potentially anti-competitive and harmful to consumers, in particular, when the acquiring party is a gatekeeper platform. There is now also a footprint left by competition authorities evaluating some of these mergers, which opens the room for detailed ex-post assessments of individual merger decisions. Where do we stand ?

13707 Revue

Paul Belleflamme, Francisco Costa Cabral, Tim Cowen, Daniel Fasquelle, Paula Forteza, Inge Graef, Max Huffman, Frédéric Marty, Jacques Moscianese, Gabriella Muscolo, Martin Peitz, Sebastien Soriano, Thierry Warin, Ramsi Woodcock Digital & competition

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Cette série d’articles illustre le débat sur le rôle de la politique de concurrence dans l’économie numérique. Chaque contribution aborde le sujet sous un angle différent. Les deux premières traitent des stratégies non tarifaires pratiquées par les plateformes numériques monopolistiques et des (...)

Frederic Jenny, Damien Neven, Jacques Buhart, David Henry, Thomas Funke, Mathew Heim, Catarina Midões, Nicholas Levy, David Little, Henry Mostyn, Ioannis Lianos, Massimo Motta, Martin Peitz, Cristoforo Osti, Almos Papp, Christian Wik, Kristian Hugmark, Julia Vahvaselkä, Antoine Winckler, Thierry Boillot Which competition and industrial policies for the new EU Commission after Siemens/Alstom ?

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Cette série d’articles présente différents points de vue sur les priorités de la nouvelle Commission en matière de politique de concurrence en Europe à la suite de l’interdiction de la fusion Siemens/Alstom et du manifeste publié par les gouvernements français et allemand. Ces contributions (...)

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Total des visites

2751.8
Nombre de lectures par contribution

6
Nombre de contributions

Classement de l'auteur
1578ème
En nombre de contributions
628ème
En nombre total de visites
931ème
En nombre moyen de visites
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