Based on a dataset of manufacturing sectors from five major European economies (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the … economic research, have a positive impact on the likelihood of collusion. Each feature is proxied by an "Antitrust Risk … collusion risk are those that tend to score high in most of the ARIs: Tobacco, Pharmaceuticals, Beverages, Chemicals. The 4 …

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regulation. The main concern is that the new risk-sensitive bank capital regulation (Basel II) may amplify business cycle … that the latter is better in terms of simplicity, transparency, and consistency with banks' risk pricing and risk …