Horizontal merger guidelines Issued by the U. S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission

Abstract

Purpose, Underlying Policy Assumptions, and Overview
0.1 Purpose and (Underlying Policy Assumptions of the
Guidelines
0.2 Overview
1. Market Definition, Measurement and Concentration
I.0 Overview
I.I Product Market Definition
I.2 Geographic Market Definition
I.3 Identification of Firms That Participate in
the Relevant Market I.4
Calculating Market Shares
I.5 Concentration and Market Shares
2. The Potential Adverse Competitive Effects of Mergers
2.0 Overview
2.1 Lessening of Competition Through Coordinated lnteraction 18
2.2 Lessening of Competition Through (Unilateral Effects 22
3. Entry Analysis 
3.0 Overview
3.1 Entry Alternatives
3.2 Timeliness of Entry
3.3 Likelihood of Entry
3.4 Sufficiency of Entry
4. Efficiencies
5. Failure and Exiting Assets