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This paper describes and analyzes the outcomes of cartel-whistleblower programs around the world, including those of … total of at least 65 corporations have received full leniency from 16 antitrust authorities that made 110 amnesty decisions …
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Leniency programs as a tool for cartel detection and cartel destabilization, have been implemented since the early … nineties. Theoretical work has shown that leniency programs can be effective in enhancing cartel detection and deterrence, but …. Empirical evidence shows that the positive effect on cartel deterrence seems to dominate, but cannot provide definite evidence …
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We study the timing of leniency applications using a novel application of multi-spell discrete-time survival analysis for a sample of cartels that were prosecuted by the European Commission (EC) between 1996 and 2014. The start of an EC investigation does not affect the rate at which...
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This study analysis the implementation of the cartel leniency program by the Competition Commission of India using … and a lack of correlation with the gain or harm of a cartel. The resulting appeals, strategic or otherwise have only …
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The article focuses on the effects of leniency programs when the antitrust authority is capable of making errors in …
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The ministerial proposal for a 10th amendment of the German competition law particularly addresses abuse control and seeks to tighten this pillar of competition policy against the background of the challenges from the digital economy. Next to extending the classic policy instruments of abuse...
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? (iii) What are implications for antitrust policy? We conclude from our analysis that in the already highly horizontally …
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Economic analysis of competition regulation is most developed in the domain of horizontal mergers, and modern agency guidelines reflect a substantial consensus on the appropriate template for merger assessment. Nevertheless, official protocols are understood to rest on a problematic market...
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Dominant or apparently dominant internet platform increasingly become subject to both antitrust investigations and … Amazon and the major publishers in the e-book market require competition policy action. The standard antitrust instruments …
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A bidding ring is a collection of bidders who collude in an auction in order to gain greater surplus by depressing competition. This entry describes some typical bidding rings and provides an introduction to the related theoretical and empirical literature.
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