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

Standard methods for calculating cartel-damages rely on data of prices charged and quantity sold. Such data may not … easily be available. In this paper, it is shown that a lower bound for cartel-damages can also be computed from accounting … is shown under which econometrically testable assumptions on accounting costs a meaningful lower bound for cartel damages …

. 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. …

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 …

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 …

Although the 1996 quot;Notice on the Non-imposition or Reduction of Fines in Cartel Casesquot; has been criticised by … empirical assessment of horizontal cartel cases in the EC opened as a result of leniency applications under the 1996 notice … to each other by virtue of the same firms' involvement in more than one cartel, and all failed or ceased to operate …

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 …