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An increase in cartel discovery probability due to irregular price movements that result from cartel defection is shown … to increase cartel stability as short-run defection profits are less likely to be earned. …
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Firm strategies cannot be analyzed without taking into consideration the legal framework which governs the relationships between economic agents, especially competition law. As a consequence, firms have to maneuver through a complex universe, taking account of both the rules of the economic game...
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. A key feature of the model is that cartel discipline is endogenous. Thus, markets that appear segmented are … strategically linked via the incentive compatibility constraint. Importantly, trade costs affect cartel shipments and welfare not … costs exert a negative and significant effect on cartel discipline. In turn, cartel discipline has a negative and …
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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 …
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This is a survey of the economic principles that underlie antitrust law and how those principles relate to competition policy. We address four core subject areas: market power, collusion, mergers between competitors, and monopolization. In each area, we select the most relevant portions of...
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cartel and therefore further favors collusion …
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court cases - the paper wholesaler cartel decision of 2007 and the cement cartel decision of 2009. We characterise the trade …
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This paper analyzes the inner workings of cartels. To understand how sanctioning institutions prevent cartel formation … suggests that sanctions are effective in hindering cartel formation not only because they introduce a risk of being fined but …
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This paper describes some major trends in cartelization of markets worldwide with a special emphasis on the economic injuries being generated by illegal collusion. Known affected commerce by international cartels discovered during 1990-2014 exceeds a nominal $13.6 trillion worldwide. Projections...
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Based on an analysis of cartel prosecutions since 2007, this article assesses the way the European Commission has built …
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