In recent years governments have paid increasing attention to weighing the socioeconomic benefits of regulations against their costs. Rules and regulations governing economic activity are typically formulated with a view to their benefits. Their effects on the costs and inefficiencies, in...

I present the following proposal: information revealed during non-cartel investigations by competition law enforcement authorities, such as evaluation of M&As or investigation of monopolization (dominance) conduct, should be directly used to investigate and prosecute cartels. Currently, in...

Issues in antitrust enforcement / Johan Stennek -- Instruments for cartel deterrence, and conflicts of interests / C(c)Øecile Aubert -- Lessons for competition policy from the vitamins cartel / Matthew E. Raiff -- Effectiveness of antitrust sanctions on modern international cartels / John M....

I present the following proposal: information revealed during non-cartel investigations by competition law enforcement authorities, such as evaluation of M&As or investigation of monopolization (dominance) conduct, should be directly used to investigate and prosecute cartels. Currently, in...