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The Private International Cartels (PIC) Data Set : Guide and Summary Statistics, 1990-2013

Connor, John M. - 2014

This paper describes the sources and methods used to create the PIC data set, which the author believes to be the largest collection of legal-economic information on contemporary price-fixing cartels. It details the scope, strengths, and limitations of the data therein. Moreover, summary...

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Fight Cartels or Control Mergers? On the Optimal Allocation of Enforcement Efforts within Competition Policy

Cosnita-Langlais, Andreea - 2014

This paper deals with the optimal enforcement of competition law between merger and anti-cartel policies. We examine the interaction between these two branches of antitrust, given the budget constraint of the public agency, and taking into account the ensuing incentives for firms in terms of...

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Data Room Practices in Competition Law : Right to Access to File and the Right to Defense in Cartel Cases

Gurkaynak, Gonenc - 2018

efficient and useful procedural tool within the European Union competition law regime. The data room procedure in the EU is made …

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From Mergers to Cartels : An Overview of the Rapidly Evolving Turkish Competition Law in Light of the European Model

Gurkaynak, Gonenc - 2018

With its more than a decade-long enforcement practice, Turkish competition law has undergone significant changes that could indicate a move towards converging with the European jurisdiction in many respects. In particular, the Turkish merger control regime has been introduced to a new...

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Toward a Coherent Policy on Cartel Damages

Franck, Jens-Uwe - 2018

submit that it would amount to a consistent completion of the legal framework within the EU …

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The inner workings of a hub-and-spoke cartel in the automotive fuel industry

Chaves, Daniel; Duarte, Marco - 2021

We analyze a hub-and-spoke cartel in the Brazilian automotive fuel industry. Using the court documents and detailed data on the supply chain we uncover three mechanisms beyond information sharing used by wholesalers (hub) to help retailers (spokes) solve the obstacles of price coordination:...

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Corporate social responsibility by joint agreement

Schinkel, Maarten-Pieter; Treuren, Leonard - 2021

Industry-wide voluntary agreements are touted as a means for corporations to take more corporate social responsibility (CSR). We study what type of joint CSR agreement induces firms to increase CSR efforts in a model of oligopolistic competition with differentiated products. Consumers have a...

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Inability To Pay the Fines Imposed by the European Commission in Cartel Proceedings : How To Navigate the Maze?

Billard, Olivier; Fabre, Guillaume - 2021

When a firm that took part in a cartel faces the risk that the Commission imposes a fine that is disproportionate as compared to its ability to pay and that could lead it to exit from the market, it may explore various procedural options to request that its economic and financial situation be...

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The Judicial Review of the European Union Industrial Cartels

Chirita, Anca D. - 2015

. Arguments advancing a perceived ‘criminalisation' of the EU fines on cartels coupled with the success rate of appeals on the … pertinent issues regarding the need for institutional reform, in particular a specialised EU Competition Tribunal. The present … contribution seeks to highlight several hurdles in appeals as reflected by the interpretation of the EU Charter of Fundamental …

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How Do Cartels Use Vertical Restraints? Reflections on Bork's the Antitrust Paradox

Levenstein, Margaret C. - 2015

In The Antitrust Paradox, Robert Bork discusses policy responses to naked and ancillary price fixing as well as vertical restraints. Empirical research finds that vertical restraints are generally welfare-enhancing. We examine cartels that used vertical restraints to support collusion. We find...

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