should consider mergers as potential ‘second-best’ alternative to cartels but also imply that resource (re)allocations in …

-stage cartel formation experiment where multiple ringleaders may emerge. Although theory predicts that cartels will always be …

data set consisting of 442 firm groups that participated in 76 cartels decided by the European Commission between 2000 and …

for a sample of cartels prosecuted by the European Commission between 1996 and 2014. The start of a Commission … light on enforcement efforts against cartels and other forms of conspiracy. …

data of 234 firm groups that participated in 63 cartels convicted by the European Commission between 2000 and 2012 to …

and regulations. We use data of 467 firm groups that participated in 88 cartels convicted by the European Commission …

We use a dataset of 615 firms which participated in 114 illegal cartels - convicted by the European Commission between …

Traditional economic theory of collusion assumed that cartels are inherently unstable, and yet some manage to operate … focuses on firms as entities, even though cartels are typically formed between individuals who need to develop structures that … allow them to establish trust and ensure cooperation. We analyze 15 German cartels, focusing on the individual participants …