common beliefs and the existing literature, that conspirators often apply for leniency long after a cartel collapses. We …

This paper analyzes dynamic cartel formation and antitrust enforcement when firms operate in demand-related markets. We … show that cartel prosecution can have a knock-on effect: desisting a cartel in one market reduces profits and cartel … stability and leads to the break-up of the cartel in the adjacent market. Cartel prosecution can also have a waterbed effect …

While price-fixing cartel prosecutions have received significant attention, the policy determinants and the political ….S. antitrust cartel prosecutions during the period 1969-2013. This period has seen substantive policy innovations with increasing … penalties related to fines and jail terms. There appear to be four distinct cartel policy regimes: pre-1978, 1978-1992, 1993 …

This chapter examines anti-cartel enforcement in selected jurisdictions around the world, paying particular attention …. There are numerous indicators that enforcement in North America comes closest to optimal deterrence of illegal cartel … against cartel violators is hampered by court rules that severely limit the rights of cartel victims to seek compensation in …

Justice has great latitude in recommending corporate cartel fines to the federal courts, and its recommendations are nearly …-deterrence model is quite good. We find that U.S. corporate cartel fines are strongly directly related to economic injuries from …

We use consumer panel data to calculate the damage suffered by German consumers due to a detergent cartel that was … the period from July 2004 until March 2005. Under the assumptions that the cartel-induced share on turnover is … representative for the entire cartel period and all affected markets, the overall consumer damage would even sum up to about 315 …