We explore whether lawful cooperation in buyer groups facilitates collusion in the product market. Buyer groups … constitute credible threats. Hence, in theory, buyer groups facilitate collusion. We run several experimental treatments using …

; Collusion ; Entry deterrence …

We explore whether buyer groups, in which firms legally purchase inputs jointly, facilitate collusion in the product … credible threats, hence, in theory buyer groups facilitate collusion. We run several experimental treatments in a three … as a main factor causing collusive product markets. -- buyer groups ; cartels ; collusion ; communication ; experiments …

We explore the difference between explicit and tacit collusion by investigating the impact communication has in …. -- cartels ; collusion ; communication ; experiments ; repeated games …

We analyze the effect of different pricing schemes on horizontally differentiated firms' ability to sustain collusion … that the additional price component of the two-part tariff makes it more difficult to sustain collusion. Additionally, the … pricing schedule that is most beneficial for customers in absence of collusion harms customers most in presence of (partial …

that resembles traditional tacit collusion, I conduct market experiments with human participants in the same environment …