. Within this setting, we study four types of price-fixing agreement: (i) a segment-wide cartel in the premium submarket only …, (ii) a segment-wide cartel in the standard submarket only, (iii) two segment-wide cartels, and (iv) an industrywide cartel …-wide cartel prefers to maintain market shares at pre-collusive levels. The impact on consumer and social welfare critically …

In this paper, we tackle the dilemma of pruning versus proliferation in a vertically differentiated oligopoly under the …

proliferating their products. It is shown that a selective pruning within the cartel always occurs. Moreover, by associating a … cooperative (or coalitional) stability of the whole industry cartel is the equidistance of firms' products along the quality …

and the gap between law and this particular economic theory. We explain why algorithmic tacit collusion isn't only …

In this paper, we tackle the dilemma of pruning versus proliferation in a vertically differentiated oligopoly under the …

Successful upstream collusion must satisfy both the incentive constraint (keeping cartel members in line) and the … U-shaped relationship between cartel incidence and upstream market concentration when both constraints are taken into …

collusion. It allows an upstream cartel to shield itself from private damage claims by forwarding a share of cartel profits to … private damages. The cartel can achieve this by rationing inputs at low prices. Several U.S. antitrust cases show symptoms of …

This chapter sets out the principles and emerging practice governing cartel damages in the EU and UK. It identifies the … have been be used to estimate overcharges, volume effects, and duration of a cartel. A version of the chapter is to appear …