The paper reviews the recent evolution of leniency programs for cartels in the US and EU, surveys their theoretical … fraud, or corruption - that share with cartels the crucial features that well designed leniency and whistleblower programs …

This paper presents and analyses economic data on 167 international cartels that were discovered by antitrust … international cartels allows one to deduce that current antitrust enforcement is inadequate to deter cartel formation. This …, feed, and agricultural firms. On average, the cartels lasted nearly six years, but average durability declined by more than …

This paper covers the activities of the Economic Analysis Group (EAG) of the Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of …

We review current methods for calculating fines against cartels in the US and EU, and simulate their deterrence effects …

Leniency programmes (or policies) reduce sanctions against cartel members that self-report to the Antitrust Authority …. We focus on their ability to directly deter cartels and analogous criminal organizations by undermining internal trust … destabilize and deter cartels by (a) protecting agents that defect (and report) from fines; (b) protecting them from other agents …

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 … was found to have abused the basing-point system, our method can be used to estimate antitrust damages. …

on a number of key economic and antitrust policy issues related to the use of the auction system. The trial provided …