The Effect of a Leniency Rule on Cartel Formation and Stability: Experiments with Open Communication
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Keywords
Cartels; corporate leniency programs; Bertrand competition; experiments;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2019-12-16 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-EXP-2019-12-16 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-LAW-2019-12-16 (Law and Economics)
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