PÉNARD, Thierry; SOUAM, Saïd - In: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique (2002) 66, pp. 209-233
This article attempts to determine the optimal antitrust policy against price-fixing when competition authorities imperfectly observe firms' behaviour. By investigating or auditing on markets, authorities can detect collusion. We show that the strenght of investigations depends on the...