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How procedures shape substance: institutional design and antitrust evidentiary standards

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  • Andreea Cosnita-Langlais

    (Univ. Paris Nanterre)

  • Jean-Philippe Tropeano

    (Paris School of Economics and University of Paris 1)

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This paper studies the relative impact of public and private competition law enforcement on the optimal evidence threshold for antitrust liability with asymmetric information on the true type of the defendant. We also determine how to set monetary transfers (award to plaintiff and payment by defendant) in complement to the optimal standard of evidence. We obtain that stronger public enforcement always leads to a lower optimal standard of evidence. This may only enhance welfare if the information available is good enough.

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  • Andreea Cosnita-Langlais & Jean-Philippe Tropeano, 2018. "How procedures shape substance: institutional design and antitrust evidentiary standards," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 46(1), pages 143-164, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:ejlwec:v:46:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1007_s10657-018-9574-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s10657-018-9574-y
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    Keywords

    Antitrust; Public and private enforcement; Evidence threshold; Decoupling;
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    JEL classification:

    • K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
    • L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design

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