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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 …-reporting by cartel members. -- cartel formation ; multi-market contact ; leniency programs ; international antitrust cooperation …

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Policy innovations, political preferences, and cartel prosecutions

Ghosal, Vivek; Sokol, D. Daniel - 2015

While price-fixing cartel prosecutions have received significant attention, the policy determinants and the political ….S. antitrust cartel prosecutions during the period 1969-2013. This period has seen substantive policy innovations with increasing … penalties related to fines and jail terms. There appear to be four distinct cartel policy regimes: pre-1978, 1978-1992, 1993 …

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Transparency and tacit collusion in a differentiated market

Schultz, Christian - 2002

This paper investigates the effects on tacit collusion of increased market transparency on the consumer side of a market in a differentiated Hotelling duopoly. Increasing market transparency increases the benefits to a firm from underbutting the collusive price. It also decreases the punishment...

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Gender and collusion

Haucap, Justus; Heldman, Christina; Rau, Holger A. - 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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Multimarket linkages, cartel discipline and trade costs

Agnosteva, Delina; Syropoulos, Constantinos; Yotov, Yoto V. - 2017

. A key feature of the model is that cartel discipline is endogenous. Thus, markets that appear segmented are … strategically linked via the incentive compatibility constraint. Importantly, trade costs affect cartel shipments and welfare not … costs exert a negative and significant effect on cartel discipline. In turn, cartel discipline has a negative and …

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Optimal cross-licensing arrangements : collusion versus entry deterrence

Choi, Jay Pil; Gerlach, Heiko A. - 2018

This paper analyzes optimal cross-licensing arrangements between incumbent firms in the presence of potential entrants. The optimal cross-licensing royalty rate trades off incentives to sustain a collusive outcome vis-a-vis incentives to deter entry with the threat of patent litigation. We show...

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Collusion sustainability with a capacity constrained firm

Madio, Leonardo; Pignataro, Aldo - 2022

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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Liberalizing Russian gas markets : an economic analysis

Aune, Finn Roar; Golombek, Rolf; Hallre, Hilde; Moe, Arild - 2015

The Russian gas market is highly regulated. In this paper we examine possible impacts of regulatory changes on the demand side of this market. In particular, we consider the effects on Russian energy consumers of removing natural gas subsidies, and how changes in Russian gas consumption may...

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A life-cycle theory analysis of french household electricity demand

Belaïd, Fateh; Rault, Christophe; Massié, Camille - 2021

This paper develops a pseudo-panel approach to examine household electricity demand behaviour through the household life cycle and its response to income variations to help strengthen the energy policy-making process. Our empirical methodology is based on three rich independent microdata surveys...

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Carbon prices are redundant in the 2030 EU climate and energy policy package

Aune, Finn Roar; Golombek, Rolf - 2018

In June 2018, an agreement between key EU institutions - the Commission, the European Parliament, and the European Council - was reached after a long-lasting discourse over the 2030 EU climate and energy policy package. This paper offers a comprehensive assessment of the EU package, with its...

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