{"title":"The innovation theory of harm in merger control: Some clarifications","authors":"Tommaso Valletti","doi":"10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112556","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent literature has analyzed the unilateral effects of mergers on investment and innovation. This note explores the Innovation Theory of Harm from a policy perspective, clarifying possible conceptual misunderstandings and identifying directions for future research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11468,"journal":{"name":"Economics Letters","volume":"255 ","pages":"Article 112556"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Economics Letters","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176525003933","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ECONOMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Recent literature has analyzed the unilateral effects of mergers on investment and innovation. This note explores the Innovation Theory of Harm from a policy perspective, clarifying possible conceptual misunderstandings and identifying directions for future research.
期刊介绍:
Many economists today are concerned by the proliferation of journals and the concomitant labyrinth of research to be conquered in order to reach the specific information they require. To combat this tendency, Economics Letters has been conceived and designed outside the realm of the traditional economics journal. As a Letters Journal, it consists of concise communications (letters) that provide a means of rapid and efficient dissemination of new results, models and methods in all fields of economic research.