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Although the pricing dynamics of hardcore cartels have been studied intensively from a theoretical perspective … increase profits. Our results have important implications for both the design of screening tools to detect cartels as part of …
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with an elevated risk of cartelization. We argue that customers of hard core cartels can have both incentives and … endeavour to fight hard core cartels. …
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The ministerial proposal for a 10th amendment of the German competition law particularly addresses abuse control and seeks to tighten this pillar of competition policy against the background of the challenges from the digital economy. Next to extending the classic policy instruments of abuse...
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Although the pricing dynamics of hardcore cartels have been studied intensively from a theoretical perspective … increase profits. Our results have important implications for both the design of screening tools to detect cartels as part of … ; cartels ; umbrella pricing ; net prices ; cement ; screening ; damages …
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We hypothesize a particular source of cartel instability and explore its relevance to understanding cartel dynamics. The cartel instability is rooted in the observation that, upon cartel formation, the relative positions of firms are often fixed which may lead some growthconscious members to be...
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divestitures on German wholesale electricity prices. Our identification strategy is based on the observation that energy suppliers …
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On 9 June 2017, the 9th Amendment to the German Competition Act (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen) entered into force. It transposes the EU Directive on Antitrust Damages Actions into German law. Yet, the German legislator also took the opportunity to implement some additional changes....
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divestitures on German wholesale electricity prices. Our identification strategy is based on the observation that energy suppliers …
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The importance of digital platforms and related data-driven business models is ever increasing and poses challenges for the workability of competition in the respective markets (tendencies towards dominant platforms, paying-with-data instead of traditional money, privacy concerns, etc.). Due to...
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divestitures on German wholesale electricity prices. Our identification strategy is based on the observation that energy suppliers …
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