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, predatory, and entry deterring behaviour. Ascending and uniform-price auctions are particularly vulnerable to these problems (we … discuss radiospectrum and football TV-rights auctions, electricity markets, and takeover battles), and the Anglo-Dutch auction … – a hybrid of the sealed-bid and ascending auctions may often perform better. However, everything depends on the details …
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theory of auctions shows that it is unlikely that successful buyers as a group were injured. …
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characteristic function, derived from the partition form game, is not empty. As an application, we study collusion in auctions in …
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This paper reports results from an experiment studying how fines, leniency programs and reward schemes for whistleblowers affect cartel formation and prices. Antitrust without leniency reduces cartel formation, but increases cartel prices: subjects use costly fines as (altruistic) punishments....
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We review current methods for calculating fines against cartels in the US and EU, and simulate their deterrence effects under different assumptions on the legal and economic environment. It is likely that European fines have not had significant deterrence effects before leniency programs were...
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antitrust authorities in each market. We are concerned with how the sustainability of collusion in one local market is affected … by the existence of collusion in other markets when they are linked by demand relationships. The interdependence of … collusion sustainability across markets leads to potential externalities in antitrust enforcement across jurisdictions. As a …
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The impact of demand growth on the collusion possibilities is investigated in a Cournot supergame where market growth …' available. It is shown that even in situations where perfect collusion can be sustained after entry, coping with a potential …
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highlight the deficiencies in the current formal theory of collusion. The Sugar Institute did not fix prices or output. Prices …
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This model describes the working of hub-and-spoke collusion that has been discussed recently by competition policy … authorities. We develop a model of tacit collusion between a manufacturer and two retailers, competing a la Rotemberg and Saloner …
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This paper presents results from a laboratory experiment on the channels through which different law enforcement strategies deter cartel formation. With leniency policies offering immunity to the first reporting party a high fine is the main determinant of deterrence, having a strong effect even...
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