Papers in Refereed Journals
The Deterrence Effects of U.S. Merger Policy Instruments. Written jointly with Joe Clougherty (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and CEPR). Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, forthcoming.
On the Stability of Research Joint Ventures: Implications for Collusion (pdf) Written jointly with Tomaso Duso (DICE) and Enrico Pennings (Erasmus University), Review of Business and Economic Literature, Vol 57 (1), March 2012, pp. 98 - 110.
Merger Failures (pdf) Written jointly with Albert Banal-Estanol (UPF and City U London). Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Vol. 20 (2), Summer 2011, pp. 589-624. [Supplementary material]
Screening and Merger Activity (pdf) Written jointly with Albert Banal-Estanol (UPF and City U London), Paul Heidhues (ESMT) and Rainer Nitsche (ESMT). Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 58 (4), December 2010, pp. 794-817.
Learning Dynamics in Research Alliances: A Panel Data Analysis (pdf) Written jointly with Tomaso Duso (DICE) and Enrico Pennings (Erasmus University). Research Policy, Vol. 39 (6), July 2010, pp. 776-789.
The Political Economy of Mobile Telecommunications Liberalization: Evidence from the OECD Countries (pdf) Written jointly with Tomaso Duso (DICE). Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 39 (2), June 2010, pp. 199-216.
How to Measure the Deterrence Effects of Merger Policy: Frequency or Composition? (pdf) Written jointly with Joe Clougherty (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and CEPR) and Pedro Barros (Universidade Nova de Lisboa and CEPR). International Journal of the Economics of Business, Vol. 17 (1), February 2010, pp. 1-8.
Settle for Now but Block for Tomorrow: The Deterrence Effects of Merger Policy Tools (pdf) Written jointly with Joe Clougherty (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and CEPR) and Pedro Barros (Universidade Nova de Lisboa and CEPR). Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 52 (3), August 2009, pp. 607-634.
Synchronising Deregulation in Product and Labour Markets (pdf) Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 55 (5), November 2008, pp. 591-617.
Endogenous Mergers and Endogenous Efficiency Gains: The Efficiency Defence Revisited (pdf) Written jointly with Albert Banal-Estanol (UPF and City University London) and Ines Macho-Stadler (UAB). International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 26 (1), January 2008, pp. 69-91.
Working Papers
Europeanization of EU Member-State Competition Policy: The Commission’s Leadership Role (
pdf)
Written jointly with Joe Clougherty (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and CEPR) and Pedro Barros (Universidade Nova de Lisboa and CEPR). This version: June 2010 (Revise and Resubmit)Collusion through Joint R&D:
An Empirical Assessment (link)
Written jointly with Tomaso Duso (DICE) and Lars-Hendrik Roeller (ESMT and Humboldt University). This version: May 2011 (Revise and Resubmit)
Other Publications
Minority Interests in Competitors (link) Written Jointly with Albert Banal-Estanol (UPF and City U London) and DotEcon Ltd. A research report prepared for the Office of Fair Trading (UK). March 2010.
Where Merger Policy Deters (link) Written jointly with Joe Clougherty (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and CEPR) and Pedro Barros (Universidade Nova Lisboa and CEPR).VoxEU.org, the policy portal set up by the CEPR, February 2008.
Warum Fusionen Scheitern (pdf) WZB Mitteilungen, 2005, vol. 108, pp. 16 - 19.
Schepping en Vernietiging van Banen: De Invloed van O&O Actieve Bedrijven (pdf) Written jointly with Reinhilde Veugelers (KULeuven), Joep Konings (KULeuven) and Gerry Mommaerts. Economisch en Sociaal Tijdschrift, 1999, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 79 - 108.
Last update: May 29, 2012
