The discontent cartel member and cartel collapse: The case of the German cement cartel
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- Joseph Harrington & Kai Hüschelrath & Ulrich Laitenberger & Florian Smuda, 2015. "The discontent cartel member and cartel collapse: The case of the German cement cartel," Post-Print hal-02163723, HAL.
- Harrington, Joseph E. & Hüschelrath, Kai & Laitenberger, Ulrich & Smuda, Florian, 2014. "The discontent cartel member and cartel collapse: The case of the German cement cartel," ZEW Discussion Papers 14-084, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
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Keywords
Collusion; Cartel; Antitrust enforcement; Cement;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
- K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
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