foreclosure in laboratory experiments. In one-shot interactions, upstream firms can choose to build a reputation by revealing …

impede downstream collusion. The main driver of our finding is that a passive backward acquisition secures an acquirer from … zero continuation profits after a breakdown of collusion. This anti-collusive effect cannot be outweighed by a lower …

the literature in industrial economics neglects individuals' incentives to form cartels. Although oligopoly experiments … less inclined to collude than men when collusion harms a third party. No gender difference can be found in the absence of a … distance is small they hardly behave collusively when collusion harms a third party. …

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 …

Factors facilitating collusion may not successfully predict cartel occurrence: when a factor predicts that collusion … experiments with written cheap-talk communication between players and we compare them to treatments without the possibility to …