Although the pricing dynamics of hardcore cartels have been studied intensively from a theoretical perspective, empirical evidence is still rare. We combine publicly available data with a unique private data set of about 340,000 market transactions from 36 smaller and larger customers of German...

Die 8. Novelle des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen (GWB) steht 2012 an. Der Kronberger Kreis fordert den Gesetzgeber dazu auf, bei dieser Gelegenheit die Geldbußenregelung entscheidend zu reformieren. Dabei sollte vor allem eine Reform des Verfahrens im Vordergrund stehen. Anklage und...

We hypothesize a particular source of cartel instability and explore its relevance to understanding cartel dynamics. The cartel instability is rooted in the observation that, upon cartel formation, the relative positions of firms are often fixed which may lead some growthconscious members to be...

We hypothesize a particular source of cartel instability and explore its relevance to understanding cartel dynamics. The cartel instability is rooted in the observation that, upon cartel formation, the relative positions of firms are often fixed which may lead some growth-conscious members to be...