Hans Zenger

European Union - Directorate General for Competition

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Saint-Josse-ten-Noode/Sint-Joost-ten-Noode

Brussels, B-1049

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1.

Theories of Harm in European Competition Law: A Progress Report

TEN YEARS OF EFFECTS-BASED APPROACH IN EU COMPETITION LAW, Jacques Bourgeois and Denis Waelbroeck, eds., pp. 185-209, Bruylant, 2012
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2012
Hans Zenger and Mike Walker
European Union - Directorate General for Competition and Charles River Associates, Incorporated
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European competition law, theory of harm, effects-based approach

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Loyalty Rebates and the Competitive Process

Journal of Competition Law & Economics, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 717-768, 2012
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2012
Hans Zenger
European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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Increasing Market Power and Merger Control

Competition Law & Policy Debate, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 26-35, 2019
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 14 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2019
Tommaso M. Valletti and Hans Zenger
Imperial College Business School and European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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increasing market power, merger control, potential competition

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Mergers with Differentiated Products: Where Do We Stand?

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Mergers with Differentiated Products: Where Do We Stand?

Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 179-212, 2021
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2021
Tommaso M. Valletti and Hans Zenger
Imperial College Business School and European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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Mergers, Unilateral Effects, Differentiated Products

Mergers with Differentiated Products: Where Do We Stand?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15066
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 28 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2020
Tommaso M. Valletti and Hans Zenger
Imperial College Business School and European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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differentiated products, mergers, Unilateral Effects

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Analyzing Vertical Mergers

CPI Antitrust Chronicle, October 2020, pp. 1-8, 2020
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 12 Dec 2020
Hans Zenger
European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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vertical mergers, raising rivals' cost

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Rebates and Competition Law: An Overview of EU and National Law

EU COMPETITION CASE LAW DIGEST, Frédéric Jenny, ed., Institute of Competition Law, 2014
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 26 Apr 2014
Hans Zenger
European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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The Competitive Effects of Mergers with Cournot Competition

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2024
Markus Reisinger and Hans Zenger
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management - Economics Department and European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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Cournot competition, mergers, price effects, demand curvature, Merger Guidelines

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Should Profit Margins Play a More Decisive Role in Merger Control? - A Rejoinder to Jorge Padilla

Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 336-342, 2018
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 29 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2018
Tommaso M. Valletti and Hans Zenger
Imperial College Business School and European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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Merger Control, Margins, Competitive Effects

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Recapture Ratios in Merger Analysis

Economics Letters, Vol. 170, No. 1, pp. 136-138, 2018
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 31 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2018
Serge Moresi and Hans Zenger
Charles River Associates (CRA) and European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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Diversion ratios, competitive effects of mergers

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Recent Developments at DG Competition: 2017/2018

Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 653-679, 2018
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2018
Andrea Amelio, Thomas Buettner, Cyril Hariton, Gabor Koltay, Penelope Papandropoulos, Geza Sapi, Tommaso M. Valletti and Hans Zenger
European Union - Directorate General for Competition, Independent, Toulouse Business School, European Union - Directorate General for Competition, European Union - Directorate General for Competition, European Commission, DG Competition, Chief Economist's Team, Imperial College Business School and European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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Competition Policy, Antitrust, Mergers, State Aid, Counterfactual, Google, Price Discrimination

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Devising Loyalty Rebates that Comply with the As-Efficient-Competitor Test

Concurrences, Vol. 2013, No. 3, pp. 16-19, 2013
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 04 May 2013 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2013
Hans Zenger
European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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Loylaty rebates, as-efficient-competitor test, substantial foreclosure

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The Competitive Effects of Rail Freight Mergers in the Context of European Liberalization

Journal of Competition Law & Economics, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 455-479, 2011
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 May 2011 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2011
Oliver Stehmann and Hans Zenger
European Commission and European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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Recent Developments at DG Competition: 2019/2020

Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 783-814, 2020
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2020
Liliane Karlinger, Dimitrios Magos, Pierre Regibeau and Hans Zenger
European Commission - Directorate General for Competition, European Union - Directorate General for Competition, University of Essex - Department of Economics and European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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Competition policy, Antitrust, Mergers, State aid, Predation, Vertical integration

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When Does Exclusive Dealing Intensify Competition for Distribution? Comment on Klein and Murphy

Antitrust Law Journal, Vol. 77, No. 1, pp. 205-211, 2010
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 19 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2011
Hans Zenger
European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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exclusive dealing

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Perfect Surcharging and the Tourist Test Interchange Fee

Journal of Banking & Finance, Vol. 35, No. 10, pp. 2544-2546, 2011
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 26 May 2011 Last Revised: 19 May 2018
Hans Zenger
European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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Perfect surcharging, tourist test, interchange fee, payment cards, payment cards markets

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Parallel Imports, Price Controls, and Innovation

Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 66, pp. 163-179, 2019
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 04 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2019
Markus Reisinger, Lluís Saurí Romero and Hans Zenger
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management - Economics Department, European Union - Directorate General for Competition and European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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Pharmaceutical Innovation, Parallel Imports, Price Regulation, Research & Development, Patent Length

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The Marginal Price Effects of Antitrust Rules Against Price Discrimination

Economics Letters, Vol. 117, No. 3, pp. 921-923, 2012
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 03 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2012
Hans Zenger
European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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price discrimination, personalized pricing, antitrust pricing rules, non-linear pricing

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Interchange Fee Regulation and Service Investments

International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 66, pp. 40-77, 2019
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 12 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2019
Markus Reisinger and Hans Zenger
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management - Economics Department and European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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Payment Cards, Interchange Fee, Regulation, Service Investment, Two-Sided Markets

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Ex-Post Evaluation of Enforcement: A Principal-Agent Perspective

De Economist, Vol. 156, No. 4, pp. 477-490, 2008
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 26 May 2011
Damien J. Neven and Hans Zenger
University of Geneva and European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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ex-post evaluation, competition policy, incentive scheme

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Some Remarks on Pricing Abuses and Exclusionary Conduct

Revista de Concorrência & Regulação, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 25-36, 2011
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 01 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2012
Damien J. Neven and Hans Zenger
University of Geneva and European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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Why Firms' Exploitation of Consumer Myopia May Benefit Myopic Consumers

Economics Letters, Vol. 118, No. 2, pp. 307-309, 2013
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 26 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2012
Hans Zenger
European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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consumer myopia, pricing, add-ons

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Advertising and the Screening Role of Mass Media

Information Economics and Policy, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 107-119, 2008
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 26 May 2011 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2011
Susanne Kremhelmer and Hans Zenger
University of Munich - Department of Economics and European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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adverse selection, advertising, media economics

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Differentiated Interchange Fees

Economics Letters, Vol. 115, No. 2, pp. 276-278, 2012
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 17 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2013
Hans Zenger
European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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interchange fees, two-sided markets, price discrimination

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Uncoordinated Corruption as an Equilibrium Phenomenon

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 167, No. 2, pp. 343-351, 2011
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 26 May 2011 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2011
Hans Zenger
European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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Corruption, competition, bureaucracy, public officials, equilibrium phenomenon

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When do Independent Distributors Undersupply Promotional Services?

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 1-7, 2012
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 14 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2013
Hans Zenger
European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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service provision, independent distributors, vertical integration, double marginalization

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The Optimal Regulation of Product Quality Under Monopoly

Economics Bulletin, Vol. 12, No. 13, pp. 1-4, 2006
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 18 May 2011
Hans Zenger
European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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Competition and Collusion with Fixed Output

Economics Letters, Vol. 120, No. 2, pp. 259-261, 2013
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 19 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 22 May 2013
Hans Zenger
European Union - Directorate General for Competition
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collusion, fixed output, price discrimination