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analysis and investigates whether they operate efficiently. The CFD cartel-audit should enable the detection of cartels via … patterns. The CFD cartel-audit attempts to draw conclusions from these patterns in order to find hidden cartels and to engage … antitrust agencies inot additional more detailed audits. -- cartel ; collusion ; price fixing ; collusive marker ; cartel audit …
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We analyze a drastic price increase in the German auction market for reserve power, which did not appear to be driven by increased costs. Studying the market structure and individual bidding strategies, we find evidence for collusive behavior in an environment with repeated auctions, pivotal...
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We analyze a drastic price increase in the German auction market for reserve power, which did not appear to be driven by increased costs. Studying the market structure and individual bidding strategies, we find evidence for collusive behavior in an environment with repeated auctions, pivotal...
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We analyze a drastic price increase in the German auction market for reserve power, which did not appear to be driven by increased costs. Studying the market structure and individual bidding strategies, we find evidence for collusive behavior in an environment with repeated auctions, pivotal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009736354
We study how consumer search affects pricing in markets with incumbents and entrants using panel data on German electricity retail markets. Consumers observe the baseline price of the incumbent and decide whether or not to search. Incumbent providers can price discriminate between searching and...
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In a Stackelberg oligopoly with cost asymmetry and possibility of entry, the Stackelberg leader faces a kinked demand curve. For a robust interval of cost of the leader, the equilibrium price is rigid with respect to small changes in demand and costs of active firms
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-ity of the Boone-Indicator using cartel cases. Our analysis reveals that the traditional regres-sion approach of the …
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Do we have effective competition between the gasoline's big five oligopolists (Aral, Shell, Esso, Total and Jet) and fringe gasoline stations? Using 2014 Market Transparency price data from 66 cities with populations between 60,000 and 100,000, we analyze which brands lead price increases, the...
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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 …
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