-trust innovation. The authorities wish to thwart cartels and promote competition. This effect is not evident, however; whistle …

exemption for so-called ministerial cartels under Section 8 GWB was discarded without replacement. Similar to the still existing … from the general ban on cartels under Section 1 GWB for "predominant reasons relating to the economy as a whole and the … the much-discussed instrument of ministerial approval under Section 42 GWB by a regulation on the exemption of cartels …

Cartels were legal to a large extent in Austria until the country’s EU Accession in 1995. We examine archival material … on registered horizontal cartels to learn about their inner working. Applying content analysis to legally binding cartel … contracts, we comprehensively document different collusion methods along the lines described by Stigler (1964). Quota cartels …

to screen industries that traditionally apply delivered pricing for the presence of cartels. We operationalize this … screen with a software. The test is hard to beat for cartels using this otherwise elusive form of price-fixing. When a cartel …