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

actions (positive reciprocity). We find that collusion is easier to sustain when firms have a concern for reciprocity towards …

We investigate the effect of a ban on third-degree price discrimination on the sustainability of collusion. We build a …' discount factor has to be higher in order to sustain collusion in grim-trigger strategies under price discrimination than under …

difference in average total outputs across data aggregation and information settings. However, we observe more collusion when …

This paper studies the effect of forward contracts on the stability of collusion among firms, competing in supply … functions on the spot market. A forward market can increase the range of discount factors which allow to sustain collusion. On … the contrary, collusion is destabilised when a potential deviator sells a significant amount forward. Results do not …

define their objective functions. Our analysis focuses on the bearings of CSR on collusion over an infinite horizon … surplus has a pro-competitive effect under both full and partial collusion. Conversely, a higher impact of productivity on … pollution has an anti-competitive effect under partial collusion, while exerting no effect under full collusion. Under partial …

from a theoretical stance how introducing asymmetry in the substitution effects influences the sustainability of collusion … which are asymmetric in magnitude. Within this framework, we study partial collusion using Friedman (1971) solution concept …. Our main result shows that the interval of quantities supporting collusion in the asymmetric setting is always smaller …

entrant deviates from collusion, the incumbent can strengthen punishment suing the competitor for patent infringement …