cement producers to study the value of such transaction data for an estimation of cartel damages. In particular, we …

implications of the theory literature on this topic in an empirical study of the US cement industry between 1994 and 2006. Firms in … this sector have the ability to deliver cement either from domestic plants or from imports. Since cement is costly to … intensive industries, such as cement, by increasing the relative cost of domestic production. …

in spring 2003, the German Antitrust Agency (GAA) fined the German cement industry – € 661 million for having established … data of one German cement producer, we find that sufficient levels of competition prevailed throughout the cartel period …. Furthermore, general supply-side conditions in the cement industry suggest that a considerable level of imperfect competition is …

transactions from 36 smaller and larger customers of German cement producers to study the pricing dynamics during and after the … breakdown of a German cement cartel. We find that, first, after the breakdown of the cartel, cartel members reduce net prices to …

We use publicly available price data from the German cement industry to estimate the cartelinduced price increase. We …-cartel period on the overcharge estimate. We find that the cement cartel led to price overcharges in a range from 20.3 to 26 …