detecting and deterring cartels. As a supplementary analysis, the US leniency is studied. I discuss a dynamic model of cartel … formation and dissolution to illustrate how changes in antitrust policies and economic conditions might affect cartel duration … heterogeneity of cartels and the time-varying policy impacts suggested by theory. Contrary to earlier studies, my statistical tests …

detecting and deterring cartels. As a supplementary analysis, the US leniency is studied. I discuss a dynamic model of cartel … formation and dissolution to illustrate how changes in antitrust policies and economic conditions might affect cartel duration … heterogeneity of cartels and the time-varying policy impacts suggested by theory. Contrary to earlier studies, my statistical tests …

. Estimating the impact of such collusive practices" - known as the 'lysine strategy profile (LSP)" - on cartel duration is … related to cartel duration. After correction for selectivity in the decision to use the LSP, statistical tests are consistent … with a theoretic prediction that the LSP increases cartel duration. …