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Gender and Collusion
Haucap, Justus; Heldman, Christina; Rau, Holger Andreas - 2022
Many cartels are formed by individual managers of different firms, but not by firms as collectives. However, most of the literature in industrial economics neglects individuals’ incentives to form cartels. Although oligopoly experiments reveal important insights on individuals acting as firms,...
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Use and Abuse of Antidumping by Global Cartels
Gnutzmann-Mkrtchyan, Arevik; Hoffstadt, Martin - 2021
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 …
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The Sociology of Cartels
Haucap, Justus; Heldman, Christina - 2022
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 …
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Collusion Sustainability with a Capacity Constrained Firm
Madio, Leonardo; Pignataro, Aldo - 2023
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 …
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Market Concentration in Europe : Evidence from Antitrust Markets
Affeldt, Pauline; Duso, Tomaso; Gugler, Klaus; … - 2021
many industries around the world since the 1980s. Two major criticisms of these studies is that concentration and market …
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Selling Cross-Border in Online Markets : The Impact of the Ban on Geoblocking Strategies
Bourreau, Marc; Manenti, Fabio M. - 2021
We develop a model of strategic geoblocking, where two competing multi-channel retailers, located in different countries, can decide to block access to their online store from foreign consumers. We characterize the equilibrium when firms decide unilaterally whether to introduce geoblocking...
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Multi-market collusion with demand linkages and antitrust enforcement
Choi, Jay Pil; Gerlach, Heiko A. - 2009
This paper analyzes dynamic cartel formation and antitrust enforcement when firms operate in demand-related markets. We … show that cartel prosecution can have a knock-on effect: desisting a cartel in one market reduces profits and cartel … stability and leads to the break-up of the cartel in the adjacent market. Cartel prosecution can also have a waterbed effect …
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Global cartels, leniency programs and international antitrust cooperation
Choi, Jay Pil; Gerlach, Heiko A. - 2010
In this paper we analyze cartel formation and self-reporting incentives when firms operate in several geographical … programs and the benefits of international antitrust cooperation between agencies. When international antitrust prosecution is …-reporting by cartel members. …
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Evidence Production in Merger Control : The Role of Remedies
Dertwinkel-Kalt, Markus; Wey, Christian - 2021
We analyze evidence production in merger control as a delegation problem in an inquisitorial competition policy system. The antitrust agency’s incentives to produce evidence on the efficiency of a merger proposal depend critically on its action set. Allowing for a compromising remedy solution...
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International antitrust enforcement and multi-market contact
Choi, Jay Pil; Gerlach, Heiko A. - 2009
This paper analyzes international antitrust enforcement when multinational firms operate in several markets with … result, cartel prosecution can have a domino effect with the desistance of one cartel triggering the internal break-up of the … cartel in the adjacent market. We further find that the equilibrium in antitrust authorities' enforcement decisions may …
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