CRA experts prepared a natural experiment for this case. It was shown that the rivalry between the iFood and Pedidos Já was not significant, as, when one of the merging platforms was offline, consumers diverted their demand to competing platforms. The acquisition was cleared by CADE without restrictions.
EDM: Merger specificity or alternative reality
In this article published in the December 2021 issue of the ABA Antitrust Magazine Online, Gopal Das Varma addresses two questions related to the pricing...