Won’t Get Fooled Again: A supervised machine learning approach for screening gasoline cartels
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- Douglas Silveira & Silvinha Vasconcelos & Marcelo Resende & Daniel O. Cajueiro, 2021. "Won't Get Fooled Again: A Supervised Machine Learning Approach for Screening Gasoline Cartels," CESifo Working Paper Series 8835, CESifo.
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- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
- C45 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Neural Networks and Related Topics
- C52 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection
- K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General
- L40 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - General
- L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
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