Download This PaperEvent Studies and Geographic Market Definition
ABA Economics Committee Newsletter (Winter 2020)
6 Pages Posted: 11 May 2020
Date Written: February 1, 2020
Abstract
Event studies are an analytical tool used in a wide range of circumstances to empirically assess the economic or financial impact of unexpected events or the release of new information. This article briefly describes their use in analyzing natural experiments to inform geographic market definition and presents an illustrative example.
Keywords: Antitrust, market definition, event studies, natural experiment, merger analysis
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Nieberding, James F., Event Studies and Geographic Market Definition (February 1, 2020). ABA Economics Committee Newsletter (Winter 2020), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3577784