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Green mergers: balancing competition and sustainability goals
| Resumo: | As sustainability concerns increase, competition authorities face the question of how to approach mergers and agreements that promise environmental benefits. This thesis examines whether competition authorities should be less restrictive in evaluating such mergers or keep the traditional requirements. Drawing on the Dutch Sustainability Guidelines, EU drafted Horizontal Guidelines on sustainability, and real-life cases, I analyze the potential positive effects or disadvantages of allowing mergers on that basis. Through a theoretical model, I evaluate the welfare and green effects resulting from these mergers. The findings offer valuable insights into the role of competition policy in promoting a more sustainable future. |
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| Autores principais: | Gorjão-Henriques, Maria Da Conceição de Azevedo Coutinho |
| Assunto: | Competition policy Sustainability Mergers Greenwashing Environmental regulation Consumer welfare Antitrust law Externalities Sustainable production |
| Ano: | 2023 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| Resumo: | As sustainability concerns increase, competition authorities face the question of how to approach mergers and agreements that promise environmental benefits. This thesis examines whether competition authorities should be less restrictive in evaluating such mergers or keep the traditional requirements. Drawing on the Dutch Sustainability Guidelines, EU drafted Horizontal Guidelines on sustainability, and real-life cases, I analyze the potential positive effects or disadvantages of allowing mergers on that basis. Through a theoretical model, I evaluate the welfare and green effects resulting from these mergers. The findings offer valuable insights into the role of competition policy in promoting a more sustainable future. |
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