The amino-acid lysine cartel was a watershed even in antitrust enforcement. It was the first global price … history of the global lysine cartel and the legal consequences for its members in the United States. The story focuses …

In this paper we analyze cartel formation and self-reporting incentives when firms operate in several geographical …-reporting by cartel members …

This paper presents an updated narrative of the history of the global lysine cartel and the legal consequences for its …

This paper examines cartel overcharges for the European market. Using a sample of 191 overcharge estimates and several … parametric and semi-parametric estimation procedures, the impact of different cartel characteristics and the market environment ….37 percent of the selling price and the average cartel duration is 8.35 years. Certain cartel characteristics and the geographic …

. A key feature of the model is that cartel discipline is endogenous. Thus, markets that appear segmented are … strategically linked via the incentive compatibility constraint. Importantly, trade costs affect cartel shipments and welfare not … costs exert a negative and significant effect on cartel discipline. In turn, cartel discipline has a negative and …

. A key feature of the model is that cartel discipline is endogenous. Thus, markets that appear segmented are … strategically linked via the incentive compatibility constraint. Importantly, trade costs affect cartel shipments and welfare not … costs exert a negative and significant effect on cartel discipline. In turn, cartel discipline has a negative and …

authorities after January 1990. The median cartel had five corporate members and generated $1.2 billion in sales during the … penalties, if imposed at maximum levels, would extract about 12 times cartel overcharges, a level sufficient to deter most firms … from forming or joining a cartel. However, applying optimal deterrence concepts to the characteristics of modern …