Showing 1 - 10 of 7,692
disentangles the effects of traditional antitrust regulation, leniency, and cartel strategies. Without rewards to the strictly …We analyze maximal cartel prices in infinitely-repeated oligopoly models under leniency where fines are linked to … illegal gains, as often outlined in existing antitrust regulation, and detection probabilities depend on the degree of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256040
disentangles the effects of traditional antitrust regulation, leniency, and cartel strategies. Without rewards to the strictly …We analyze maximal cartel prices in infinitely-repeated oligopoly models under leniency where fines are linked to … illegal gains, as often outlined in existing antitrust regulation, and detection probabilities depend on the degree of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008531430
antitrust regulation on the endogenous maximal-sustainable cartel price. This impact depends upon industry characteristics … including its cartel culture. Our analysis disentangles the effects of traditional antitrust regulation and the leniency program …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137188
antitrust regulation on the endogenous maximal-sustainable cartel price. This impact depends upon industry characteristics … including its cartel culture. Our analysis disentangles the effects of traditional antitrust regulation and the leniency program …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257358
The objective of a leniency program is to reduce sanctions against collusion if a participant voluntarily confesses his behavior or cooperates with the public authority’s investigation. Constructing a model in which the detection probability varies over time, Harrington (2008) pointed out that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010743731
-consumer price discrimination; and (iii) inter-product price discrimination, and assess the antitrust liability that these practices … may entail. We also discuss the impact on consumers and competition, as well as potential antitrust liability of bundling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010938600
market where they collude. Predictably, conditional on the conviction of one cartel, Amnesty Plus and Penalty Plus strengthen … firms' incentives to report the remaining cartel. However, Amnesty Plus and Penalty Plus have an ambiguous impact on firms …' incentives to apply for amnesty in the first place: On the one hand, Amnesty Plus and Penalty Plus may help to sustain a cartel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518796
The article focuses on the effects of leniency programs when the antitrust authority is capable of making errors in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010761502
A bidding ring is a collection of bidders who collude in an auction in order to gain greater surplus by depressing competition. This entry describes some typical bidding rings and provides an introduction to the related theoretical and empirical literature.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395646
Competition policy investigations usually commence with a definition of the relevant product and geographic market. The relevant market provides a first evaluation of competitive conditions and allows for the calculation of market shares, which aids in the assessment of firms’ market power....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010659633