considerations, and minimum fines. Bankruptcy considerations limit maximum fines, ensure abnormal cartel profits and impose a … lower price by making it more attractive than collusion on higher prices. For a range of low cartel prices, the fine is set … to the legal mi nimum. Raising minimum fines will enable the cartel to raise its price and is better avoided. Our …

considerations, and minimum fines. Bankruptcy considerations limit maximum fines, ensure abnormal cartel profits and impose a … lower price by making it more attractive than collusion on higher prices. For a range of low cartel prices, the fine is set … to the legal minimum. Raising minimum fines will enable the cartel to raise its price and is better avoided. Our analysis …

-repeated oligopoly model. Bankruptcy considerations ensure abnormal cartel profits. We derive the optimal fine schedule that achieves …

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 …

In this paper we set out the welfare economics based case for imposing cartel penalties on the cartel overcharge rather … of a penalty based on the cartel overcharge with three other penalty regimes: fixed penalties; penalties based on revenue … conjunction with the above result, our analysis of cartel stability (and thus deterrence), shows that penalties based on the …

In this paper we set out the welfare economics based case for imposing cartel penalties on the cartel overcharge rather … of a penalty based on the cartel overcharge with three other penalty regimes: fixed penalties; penalties based on revenue … conjunction with the above result, our analysis of cartel stability (and thus deterrence), shows that penalties based on the …

) actions that aim to stop cartel activity in the short-term, immediately following successful prosecution; (c) actions that aim … pricing and periods of cartel pricing. We determine the impact of CA activity on deterred, impeded, and suffered harm. We … show how these break down into measures of the Direct Effect of interventions (i.e. the effect due to cartel activity being …

considerations, and minimum fines. Bankruptcy considerations limit maximum fines, ensure abnormal cartel profits and impose a … lower price by making it more attractive than collusion on higher prices. For a range of low cartel prices, the fine is set … to the legal mi nimum. Raising minimum fines will enable the cartel to raise its price and is better avoided. Our …

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 …