, Competition Policy Indexes, or CPIs. The CPIs measure the deterrence properties of a competition policy in a jurisdiction, where …

This paper provides a comprehensive discussion of the deterrence properties of a competition policy regime. On the … deterrence: 1) sanctions and damages; 2) financial and human resources; 3) powers during the investigation; 4) quality of the law …; 5) independence; and 6) separation of power. We then discuss how to measure deterrence. We review the literature that …

of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential violators' and punishers' decisions when … punish, which in turn reduces the deterrence effect of high fines. Using a laboratory experiment, we identify these effects …

the deterrence hypothesis, namely that crime is weakly decreasing in deterrent incentives, i.e. severity and probability … and within sessions. The across subject analysis clearly rejects the deterrence hypothesis: except for very high levels of … to the deterrence hypothesis and fair-minded subjects for whom deterrent incentives backfire. …