Project: Merger of E.ON and Ruhrgas The economic aspects

Merger of E.ON and Ruhrgas
The economic aspects
(Fusion E.ON - Ruhrgas. Die volkswirtschaftlichen Aspekte)

Contact:

Project team:		Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Werner Sinn (project leader) Hans-Dieter Karl Robert Koll Kai S�lzle Uwe Chr. T�ger Marcel Thum Regina von Hehl

Commissioner:		E.ON AG

Project period:		completed in April 2002

Content

This expertise was commissioned by E.ON to provide a scientific foundation for the application of E.ON AG to receive permission for the acquisition of control over Ruhrgas AG, according to � 42 GWB, by taking over Gelsenberg and Bergemann, who control the majority of Ruhrgas stock. The Federal Minister of Economics and Technology can grant this permission on the grounds of the overriding public interest and because of the macroeconomic advantages of the alliance. The expertise examines the macroeconomic effects of the intended alliance on the basis of economic and empirical findings. It contains mainly economic but no legal valuations.

Publication

Fusion E.ON-Ruhrgas - Die volkswirtschaftlichen Aspekte
by Hans-Werner Sinn.
ifo Forschungsbericht Nr. 9

Stellungnahme zum Sondergutachten der Monopolkommission zum Zusammenschlussvorhaben der E.ON AG
mit der Gelsenberg AG und der E.ON AG mit der Bergemann GmbH
by Hans-Werner Sinn, 2 June 2002, 14 pages

Department conducting the study

BIS

Ifo Project

Merger of E.ON and Ruhrgas The economic aspects (Fusion E.ON - Ruhrgas. Die volkswirtschaftlichen Aspekte)

Content

Publication

Merger of E.ON and Ruhrgas
The economic aspects
(Fusion E.ON - Ruhrgas. Die volkswirtschaftlichen Aspekte)