Cartel Enforcement in the European Union : Determinants of the Duration of Investigations

We provide an empirical assessment of EC cartel enforcement decisions between 2000 and 2011. Following an initial characterisation of our dataset, we especially investigate the determinants of the duration of cartel investigations. We are able to identify several key drivers of investigation length such as the Commission's speed of cartel detection, the type of cartel agreement, the affected industry or the existence of a chief witness

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Hüschelrath, Kai
Other Persons:	Laitenberger, Ulrich (contributor) ; Smuda, Florian (contributor)
Publisher:	[2012]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	EU-Staaten \| EU countries \| Rechtsdurchsetzung \| Law enforcement \| Kartellrecht \| Antitrust law \| Kartell \| Cartel \| Dauer \| Duration

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (18 p)
Series:	ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper ; No. 12-071
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments 2012 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2179037 [DOI]
Classification:	L40 - Antitrust Policy. General ; L41 - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices ; K21 - Antitrust Law
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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