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International spillovers from prostitution regulation : the "Nordic model" and sex tourism
Perrotta Berlin, Maria; Latour, Chiara; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - 2023
We investigate the causal effect of the asymmetric criminalization of prostitution on sex tourism. We exploit legal reforms in five countries that switched from systems where prostitution was legal (Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Canada), or where only buying sex was legal (France), to the "Nordic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014425843
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Regulating joint bidding in public procurement
Albano, Gian Luigi; Spagnolo, Giancarlo; Zanza, Matteo - In: Journal of competition law & economics 5 (2009) 2, pp. 335-360
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003880303
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Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers
Bourreau, Marc; Caffarra, Cristina; Chen, Zhijun; Choe, … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012309473
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Regulating Joint Bidding in Public Procurement
Albano, Gian Luigi - 2010
, it is often regulated. In this paper, we first present results from a survey on the regulation of joint bidding in … European public procurement, documenting how the existence and the type of regulation differ across countries, and that …-where present-regulation is often related to the ability of an individual firm to be admitted as a solo bidder. Borrowing from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013152636
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Leniency and Damages
Marvao, Catarina; Spagnolo, Giancarlo; Buccirossi, Paolo - The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics and … - 2015
Modern antitrust engenders a possible conflict between public and private enforcement due to the central role of Leniency Programs. Damage actions may reduce the attractiveness of Leniency Programs for cartel participants if their cooperation with the competition authority increases the chance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168913
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Leniency and Damages
Marvão, Catarina; Spagnolo, Giancarlo; Buccirossi, Paolo - 2016
Modern antitrust engenders a possible conflict between public and private enforcement due to the central role of Leniency Programs. Damage actions may reduce the attractiveness of Leniency Programs for cartel participants if their cooperation with the competition authority increases the chance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110659
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Divide et Impera: Optimal Leniency Programmes
Spagnolo, Giancarlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
Leniency programmes (or policies) reduce sanctions against cartel members that self-report to the Antitrust Authority. We focus on their ability to directly deter cartels and analogous criminal organizations by undermining internal trust, increasing individual incentives to ‘cheat’ on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136696
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Leniency and Whistleblowers in Antitrust
Spagnolo, Giancarlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
The paper reviews the recent evolution of leniency programs for cartels in the US and EU, surveys their theoretical economic analyses, and discusses the empirical and experimental evidence available, also looking briefly at related experiences of rewarding whistleblowers in other fields of law...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662235
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Leniency and Damages
Buccirossi, Paolo; Marvão, Catarina M. P.; Spagnolo, … - 2016
Modern antitrust engenders a possible conflict between public and private enforcement due to the central role of Leniency Programs. Damage actions may reduce the attractiveness of Leniency Programs for cartel participants if their cooperation with the competition authority increases the chance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014137919
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Leniency Inflation, Cartel Damages and Criminalization
Marvão, Catarina M. P.; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - 2021
We revisit the pros and cons of cartel criminalization with focus on its possible introduction in the EU. We document a recent phenomenon that we name EU ``leniency inflation", whereby leniency has been increasingly awarded to many, and sometimes all members of a cartel. We argue that, coupled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013221273