What are some reasons why the DOJ would deny a vertical integration?
Vertical mergers have anticompetitive effects. There are strong concerns for illegality under vertical mergers than the horizontal ones. A vertical merger can result in increased cost for the remaining unintegrated players in the market that reduces efficiency of the market. Consumers are hurt when the prices are increased by the merged firm. These are however some reasons but the department brings in all such cases where the probability of an anticompetitive foreclosure is highest, even when there is no solid evidence found against anticompetitive forecosure.
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