policy. We address four core subject areas: market power, collusion, mergers between competitors, and monopolization. In each …

the literature in industrial economics neglects individuals' incentives to form cartels. Although oligopoly experiments … less inclined to collude than men when collusion harms a third party. No gender difference can be found in the absence of a … distance is small they hardly behave collusively when collusion harms a third party. …

This paper investigates the effects on tacit collusion of increased market transparency on the consumer side of a … underbutting the collusive price. It also decreases the punishment profit. The net effect is that collusion becomes harder to … for tacit collusion. …

This paper explores the use of collusion theories in merger analysis at the Federal Trade Commission. The 1992 Merger … Guidelines focuses on unilateral effect, relegating collusion analysis to a second tier theory. Both structural and behavioral … found to increase the likelihood of a collusion finding. Standard structural concerns are readily identified, while …

A usual assumption in the theory of collusion is that cartels are all-inclusive. In contrast, most real-world collusive …