CRA’s economics consultants provided Yellow Media Inc. with economic analysis in its CAN$225 million acquisition of Canpages. We empirically tested whether advertising rates were lower when Yellow Pages competed with Canpages in local markets. No such effect was found, and the merger was cleared without conditions.
Insights from the final panel at the CRA Brussels Conference 2025: Shaping the future of digital regulation and competition
The closing panel from 2025 CRA Brussels Conference, “Digital Regulation in Action: The DMA, AI, and the Future of Competition” moderated by Dr Matteo Foschi