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TemaNord 2025:564
Market concentration and the scope for more M&A in the Nordic region
Impacts of cross-border mergers on competition, growth and innovation
TemaNord 2025:564
Market concentration and the scope for more M&A in the Nordic region
Impacts of cross-border mergers on competition, growth and innovation
Market concentration and the scope for more M&A in the Nordic region
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Foreword
Introduction
Executive summary
Key facts and analytical results
Policy insights and Nordic implications
The role of cross-border mergers in a global economy
1. The relationship between M&A, productivity, and investment
1.1 Cross-border M&A and the ability to compete
1.2 Cross-border M&A and economic outcomes
1.3 Evidence from Nordic market consolidation
2. Is more cross-border M&A desirable in the Nordics?
2.1 Spillover effects and consumer harm
2.2 Is EU merger policy too strict?
2.3 Competition policy and enforcement
2.4 Deterrence effects of competition policy
2.5 Barriers to cross-border M&A
3. Policy recommendations
Literature