for a sample of cartels prosecuted by the European Commission between 1996 and 2014. The start of a Commission … of application in separate markets in which a conspirator in the investigated market also engaged in collusion. The … light on enforcement efforts against cartels and other forms of conspiracy. …

of sustainability of collusion. For the European Commission this assumption is seen as a factor that disincentives … collusion and pushes to a competitive behavior. This fact maybe is not so obvious and I have shown that what is important is the … implement collusion before and after entry as a subgames perfect equilibrium. The final conclusion is that demand growth …

differentiated markets. I firstly review some classical literature on collusion between two firms producing goods of exogenous … the market may have contradictory effects on the incentive of firms to collude: it can make collusion easier for bottom …

agreement. I obtain that collusion is easier to sustain the larger the cartel is. Then, I explore the implications of this …, they risk that collusion completely collapses, as remaining cartel members are unable to sustain collusion. …

This paper analyzes price collusion in a repeated game with two submarkets; a standard and a premium quality segment …, (ii) a segment-wide cartel in the standard submarket only, (iii) two segment-wide cartels, and (iv) an industrywide cartel … market shares and welfare. Partial cartels operating in a sufficiently large segment lose market share and the industry …