Cement industry is among the most energy-intensive economic sectors. Moreover, significant amounts of carbon dioxide … the main raw materials applied. To offset the harmful effects of the cement industry on the environment, cement producers … cement clinker. Development trends in the area of binding materials aim therefore towards a significant reduction of the …

cartels by taking a closer look at the cement industry which has a rich history of both legal and illegal cartels. We …

price. In the case of the German cement cartel that operated over 1991-2002, the primary source of non-cartel supply was … imports from Eastern European cement manufacturers. Industry sources have claimed that the cartel sought to control imports by … account of the option of bribing intermediaries. The theory predicts that the cement cartel members are more likely to share …

hypothesis is then taken to the German cement cartel of 1991-2002. We argue that Readymix was such a discontent cartel member and …

cement producers to study the value of such transaction data for an estimation of cartel damages. In particular, we … prohibitively expensive. -- Antitrust policy ; private enforcement ; cartels ; overcharge ; damages ; cement …

We use publicly available price data from the German cement industry to estimate the cartelinduced price increase. We …-cartel period on the overcharge estimate. We find that the cement cartel led to price overcharges in a range from 20.3 to 26 …