In this paper we model cartel duration as a mixed proportional hazard model and condition on cartel characteristics … such as the agency first detecting the cartel, industry, if it is a bid rigging or price fixing cartel, the number of … longer-lived than others, while cartels distributed across geographies tend to be shorter-lived. Cartel durations are …

Despite the successes of cartel detection over the last twenty years, there are many who believe that competition …

community to deter future cartel formation. We present two simple theoretical models, focussing respectively on composition and …

digitalization of marketing and sales, cannot bring about also new risks to cartel agreements and other types of distortions of …

analysis and investigates whether they operate efficiently. The CFD cartel-audit should enable the detection of cartels via … patterns. The CFD cartel-audit attempts to draw conclusions from these patterns in order to find hidden cartels and to engage … antitrust agencies inot additional more detailed audits. -- cartel ; collusion ; price fixing ; collusive marker ; cartel audit …

I present the following proposal: information revealed during non-cartel investigations by competition law enforcement … typically cannot be directly used for a cartel case due to the underlying statutes and the legal and administrative procedures … proposed rule change could increase the efficiency and effectiveness of cartel enforcement, and open an additional front in the …