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The Private International Cartels (PIC) Data Set : Guide and Summary Statistics, 1990-2019

Connor, John M. - 2020

This paper describes the sources and methods used to create the PIC data set, which the author believes to be the largest collection of legal-economic information on contemporary price-fixing cartels. It details the scope, strengths, and limitations of the data therein. Finally, summary...

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The Predictability of DOJ Cartel Fines

Connor, John M. - 2016

For criminal violations of the Sherman Act, although guided by federal sentencing guidelines, U.S. Department of Justice has great latitude in recommending corporate cartel fines to the federal courts, and its recommendations are nearly always determinative. In this paper, we analyze the...

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The Private International Cartels (PIC) Data Set : Guide and Summary Statistics, 1990-2013

Connor, John M. - 2014

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Determinants of Cartel Duration : A Cross-Sectional Study of Modern Private International Cartels

Zimmerman, Jeffrey E. - 2008

This research identifies and measures factors that contribute to the variation in duration of private international cartels discovered between 1990 and July 2004. Duration is explained with a Cox proportional hazards model. The regression results demonstrate the significance of five categories...

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Global Antitrust Prosecutions of Modern Interantional Cartels

Connor, John M. - 2008

Union. This paper examines the antitrust fines and private penalties imposed on the participants of 167 international …

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The Private International Cartels (PIC) Data Set : Guide and Summary Statistics, 1990-July 2016 (Revised 2nd Edition)

Connor, John M. - 2016

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Has the European Commission Become More Severe in Punishing Cartels? Effects of the 2006 Guidelines

Connor, John M. - 2011

This paper analyzes the first 13 cartel decisions of the European Commission under its 2006 revised fining guidelines. I find that the severity of the cartel fines is more than five times higher than those figured under the previous 1998 Guidelines. For the first time in antitrust history, I...

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The Size of Cartel Overcharges : Implications for U.S. and E.U. Fining Policies

Connor, John M.; Lande, Robert H. - 2008

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the current cartel fine levels of the European Union and the United … European Union and the United States to the amounts gained on average by cartels as a result of their illegal activity. The … Union or the United States. This means that the United States and - especially - the European Union should increase their …

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Deterring International Cartels in the Face of Comity and Jurisdiction : A Legal, Economic, and Empirical Evaluation of the Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Antitrust Laws

Connor, John M.; Bush, Darren - 2007

This article examines the nature of the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court's Empagran decision through the lens of the global vitamins cartel, using legal and economic analysis and also empirical data to describe the effect. The article commences with a discussion of the analytic approach adopted...

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Cartel Fine Severity and the European Commission : 2007-2011

Connor, John M. - 2013

This article analyzes the first 22 cartel decisions of the European Commission under its 2006 revised fining Guidelines. I find that the severity of the cartel fines relative to affected sales is about double that of the fines decided under the previous 1998 Guidelines. Severity varies only...

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