CRA was retained by International Paper, a major producer of paper and packaging products, to assist in securing antitrust clearance from the Department of Justice for International Paper’s proposed acquisition of Weyerhaeuser’s containerboard packaging and recycling business. A team of CRA economists staff assisted International Paper by developing economic arguments and preparing empirical analyses that demonstrated that the transaction would not affect competition in containerboard or corrugated box manufacturing. The transaction was allowed to proceed with no divestitures and without issuance of a second request.
Data sharing in hybrid marketplaces with endogenous fee setting
The issue is especially timely given provisions in the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) designed to expand access to data held by large digital platforms. The...