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We run a market experiment where firms can choose not only their price but also whether to present comparable offers. They are faced with artificial demand from consumers who make mistakes when assessing the net value of products on the market. If some offers are comparable however, some...
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is highest if only the competitor(s) is (are) loyal to the cartel. Yet collusion inflicts harm on the opposite market … we add beliefs as a control variable, we only find that externalities enhance cooperation, even if gains from collusion … expected. -- Oligopoly ; Collusion ; experiment ; Uncertainty ; negative externalities ; prisoner's dilemma …
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difference in average total outputs across data aggregation and information settings. However, we observe more collusion when …
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actions (positive reciprocity). We find that collusion is easier to sustain when firms have a concern for reciprocity towards …
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information, our data confirm the well-known result that duopoly players achieve, on average, partial collusion. However, as soon …
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information, our data confirm the well-known result that duopoly players achieve, on average, partial collusion. However, as soon …
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We study optimal direct mechanisms for a credence goods expert who can be altruistic or spiteful. The expert has private information about her distributional preferences and possibly also about her customer's needs. We introduce a method that allows the customer to offer separate contracts to...
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We present a research project in experimental law and economics about the effects of new transparency provisions in European telecommunications law on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and end-users in broadband markets, with implications for the debate on network neutrality. Our experiment...
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that resembles traditional tacit collusion, I conduct market experiments with human participants in the same environment …
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