Optimal Destabilization of Cartels
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Keywords
antitrust; stability; Cournot fringe; oligopoly; leniency;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- 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-BEC-2019-04-29 (Business Economics)
- NEP-COM-2019-04-29 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-GTH-2019-04-29 (Game Theory)
- NEP-IND-2019-04-29 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-LAW-2019-04-29 (Law and Economics)
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