McAfee, R. Preston; Mialon, Hugo M.; Mialon, Sue H. - In: Journal of Public Economics 92 (2008) 10-11, pp. 1863-1875
We compare private and public enforcement of the antitrust laws in a simple strategic model of antitrust violation and lawsuit. The model highlights the tradeoff that private firms are initially more likely than the government to be informed about antitrust violations, but are also more likely...