Economists from CRA’s Competition Practice advised CF Industries, the US producer of nitrogen-based fertilizer products on its acquisition of OCI, creating the largest publicly traded nitrogen company. OCI is a global distribution company based in the Netherlands. The CRA team provided detailed empirical analyses on competition in US fertilizer markets during the FTC investigation.
Comments on the effect of algorithms and artificial intelligence on the likelihood of coordinated effects as described in Guideline 3 of the draft Merger Guidelines
In this note, we discuss how the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (collectively, the Agencies) view the effect...