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Optimal destabilization of cartels
Auer, Ludwig von; Tu Anh Pham - 2020
A model-based derivation of an effective antitrust policy requires an economic framework that includes three actors: a cartel, a group of competing fringe firms, and a welfare maximizing antitrust authority. In existing models of cartel behavior, at least one of these actors is always missing....
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How do sanctions work? : the choice between cartel formation and tacit collusion
Andres, Maximilian; Bruttel, Lisa Verena; Friedrichsen, Jana - 2021
This paper analyzes the inner workings of cartels. To understand how sanctioning institutions prevent cartel formation we study their effect on firms' communication in a laboratory experiment. Using machine learning to organize the chat communication into topics, we find that firms are less...
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Manufacturer cartels and resale price maintenance
Hunold, Matthias; Muthers, Johannes - 2020
We provide a theory of how RPM facilitate upstream cartels absent any information asymmetries using a model with … manufacturers if they collude. We thus provide a novel theory of harm for resale price maintenance when manufacturers collude and … illustrate the fit of this theory in various competition policy cases. …
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Multi-product pricing and minimum resale price maintenance
Dertwinkel-Kalt, Markus; Wey, Christian - 2021
We provide a novel explanation for why manufacturers want to enforce a minimum resale price (min RPM) on retailers. A manufacturer sells her good via a multi-product retailer to final consumers by charging a linear wholesale price. The manufacturer then maximizes her profit through min RPM...
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Cartels as defensive devices : evidence from decisions of the European Commission : 2001-2010
Herold, Daniel; Paha, Johannes - In: Review of law and economics : publ. in cooperation with … 14 (2018) 1, pp. 1-31
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Mind the gap : platform ethics and competition issues
Nicholls, Rob - 2017
The algorithm driven conduct of platform operators, as the expert handlers of big data, is starting to challenge the way in which competition law needs to be enforced. Businesses, especially platform operators, acquire data and particularly pricing information from other businesses in real-time....
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Competition concerns in multi-sided markets in mobile communication
Frank, Jonas Severin - In: Competition on the internet : [... conference titled …, (pp. 81-99). 2015
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Legal challenges for corporations in the 21st Century
Basu, Kaushik; Mishra, Ajit - In: Law and Economic Development : Behavioral and Moral …, (pp. 257-270). 2023
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Antitrust and consumer enforcement in data markets : are new theories of harm based on privacy degradation hitting the mark? : working paper
Abate, Serafino - 2018
The part of the economy that depends, directly or indirectly, fully or partially, on the flow and analysis of data is growing of importance2. Data-driven businesses are spilling over from the online to the offline economy, changing traditional industries. They are set to become pervasive in the...
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Internet competition and e-books : challenging the competition policy acquis?
Vezzoso, Simonetta - In: Competition on the internet : [... conference titled …, (pp. 25-40). 2015
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