that matches cartel investigations with trade data at the product level. We then estimate the world import price and … higher world import prices and lower quantities during cartel periods, and to induce the establishment of a cartel. The … quantity effects of antidumping in cartel products. We find that the use of antidumping in cartel industries helps to maintain …

We consider an international cartel whose members interact repeatedly in their own as well as in third …-country segmented markets. Cartel discipline-an inverse measure of the degree of competition between firms-is endogenously determined by … the cartel's incentive compatibility constraint (ICC), which links strategically markets that are seemingly unrelated …

for years or even decades. While the literature has presented several determinants of cartel stability, the vast majority …, the communication and internal structures within the cartels as well as their breakup. Our results indicate that cartel … individuals involved in these 15 cartels were female, suggesting that gender also plays a role for cartel formation. We further …

This paper sheds new light on the role of communication for cartel formation. Using machine learning to evaluate free … cartel formation and indirect attempts to collude tacitly. We document that firms are less likely to communicate explicitly … sanctions on communication reinforces the direct cartel-deterring effect of sanctions as collusion is more difficult to reach …

incentive to deviate from a cartel. We also present conditions for the emergence of a partial cartel, with the capacity … small firm induces a partial conspiracy that is Pareto-dominant. Implications for cartel identification and enforcement are …