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.
CRA Competition's response to EU Draft Merger Guidelines: An economic perspective on the emerging framework
Our European Competition team has contributed to the economic assessment in nearly a third of distinct merger decisions cited in the draft, (46 out of 164)...