. 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. …

Leniency programs as a tool for cartel detection and cartel destabilization, have been implemented since the early … nineties. Theoretical work has shown that leniency programs can be eff ective in enhancing cartel detection and deterrence, but …. Empirical evidence shows that the positive e ffect on cartel deterrence seems to dominate, but cannot provide definite evidence …

We use publicly available price data from the German cement industry to estimate the cartel-induced price increase. We …-in-differences' approach – and especially study the impact of various assumptions on the transition period from the cartel period to the non-cartel … period on the overcharge estimate. We find that the cement cartel led to price overcharges in a range from 20.3 to 26 …

breakdown of a German cement cartel. We find that, first, after the breakdown of the cartel, cartel members reduce net prices to … a far larger extent than gross prices and that, second, noncartel members slip under the price umbrella of the cartel to …

Based on an analysis of cartel prosecutions since 2007, this article assesses the way the European Commission has built …

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 …

Leniency programs as a tool for cartel detection and cartel destabilization, have been implemented since the early … nineties. Theoretical work has shown that leniency programs can be effective in enhancing cartel detection and deterrence, but …. Empirical evidence shows that the positive effect on cartel deterrence seems to dominate, but cannot provide definite evidence …

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 …