increased potential for product market collusion. We consider all trajectories that are candidates for an optimal solution as … initial technologies, pursue innovations more quickly, and are less likely to abandon a technology. Product market collusion …

industry ; collusion ; Impala ; Sony/BMG …

qualitative analysis remains inconclusive, as some factors tend to favour collusion while others make collusion more difficult to …

clearing an R&D agreement can be beneficial since it removes the additional collusion incentive resulting from fear that … risk of collusion in the product market if products are substitutes, if capacity cannot immediately be extended, if market …

is highest if only the competitor(s) is (are) loyal to the cartel. Yet collusion inflicts harm on the opposite market … we add beliefs as a control variable, we only find that externalities enhance cooperation, even if gains from collusion … expected. -- Oligopoly ; Collusion ; experiment ; Uncertainty ; negative externalities ; prisoner's dilemma …

; Collusion ; Entry deterrence …