critical discount factor required to sustain collusion. This result is shown to hold for Cournot oligopoly as well as for … Bertrand oligopoly when collusion is sustained with Nash-reversion strategies or optimal-punishment strategies. In a Cournot …

collusion based on the ratio of collusive to monopolistic profits. We then prove that as the number of firms goes to infinity …, our collusive strategy profile is an equilibrium as long as the discount factor is below 0.63. Thus, collusion is robust …

We investigate the effect of a ban on third-degree price discrimination on the sustainability of collusion. We build a …' discount factor has to be higher in order to sustain collusion in grim-trigger strategies under price discrimination than under …

less inclined to collude than men when collusion harms a third party. No gender difference can be found in the absence of a … distance is small they hardly behave collusively when collusion harms a third party. …

define their objective functions. Our analysis focuses on the bearings of CSR on collusion over an infinite horizon … surplus has a pro-competitive effect under both full and partial collusion. Conversely, a higher impact of productivity on … pollution has an anti-competitive effect under partial collusion, while exerting no effect under full collusion. Under partial …

, collusion. …

policy. We address four core subject areas: market power, collusion, mergers between competitors, and monopolization. In each …

constrained. We show that collusion sustainability is non-monotonic in the size of the capacity constrained firm, which has little …