price. In the case of the German cement cartel that operated over 1991-2002, the primary source of non-cartel supply was … imports from Eastern European cement manufacturers. Industry sources have claimed that the cartel sought to control imports by … account of the option of bribing intermediaries. The theory predicts that the cement cartel members are more likely to share …

hypothesis is then taken to the German cement cartel of 1991-2002. We argue that Readymix was such a discontent cartel member and …