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Company tax reform in Europe and its effect on collusive behavior

Schindler, Dirk; Schjelderup, Guttorm - 2006

We study how harmonization of corporate tax systems affects the stability of international cartels. We show that tax base harmonization reinforces collusive agreements, while harmonization of corporate tax rates may destabilize or stabilize cartels. We also find that bilateral and full...

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Multi-market collusion with demand linkages and antitrust enforcement

Choi, Jay Pil; Gerlach, Heiko A. - 2009

This paper analyzes dynamic cartel formation and antitrust enforcement when firms operate in demand-related markets. We … show that cartel prosecution can have a knock-on effect: desisting a cartel in one market reduces profits and cartel … stability and leads to the break-up of the cartel in the adjacent market. Cartel prosecution can also have a waterbed effect …

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Quality monitoring, collusion and sub-contracting

Kuhn, Michael; Yan, Qianhui - 2006

We discuss the social welfare improvement under centralized and decentralized hierarchies and focus on supervisoris ability to monitor quality. Although the possibility of collusion against the principal is eliminated under decentralized hierarchy, the decentralization is dominating only if...

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Cartel damages claims and the passing-on defense

Verboven, Frank; Dijk, Theon van - In: The journal of industrial economics 57 (2009) 3, pp. 457-491

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State aid and tacit collusion

Bertsch, Christoph; Calcagno, Claudio; Le Quement, Mark - 2009

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Private monitoring and communication in cartels : explaining recent collusive practices

Harrington, Joseph Emmett; Skrzypacz, Andrzej - 2009

Motivated by recent cartel practices, a stable collusive agreement is characterized when firms' prices and quantities … and then make transfers within the cartel based on these reports. The properties of this equilibrium fit well with the … cartel agreements used in a number of markets including citric acid, lysine, and vitamins. …