Motta, MassimoPeitz, MartinUniversitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa2024-11-142024-11-142020-07-27http://hdl.handle.net/10230/68650Big tech mergers are frequently occurring events. What are the competitive effects of these mergers? With the help of a simple model we identify the acquisition of potential competitors as a pressing issue for merger control in digital industries. We also sketch a few recent theories of harm of horizontal and conglomerate mergers that are potentially relevant in digital industries. Finally, we draw some policy recommendations on how to deal with mergers in such industries.application/pdfengL'accés als continguts d'aquest document queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative CommonsBig tech mergers<resourceType xmlns="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-3" resourceTypeGeneral="Other">info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper</resourceType><subject xmlns="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-3" subjectScheme="keyword">merger policy</subject><subject xmlns="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-3" subjectScheme="keyword">digital markets</subject><subject xmlns="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-3" subjectScheme="keyword">potential competition</subject><subject xmlns="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-3" subjectScheme="keyword">conglomerate mergers</subject><subject xmlns="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-3" subjectScheme="keyword">Business Economics and Industrial Organization</subject><rights xmlns="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-3">info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</rights>