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Fighting multi-market cartels: an experimental comparison of the american and european leniency programs
[Lutte contre les cartels multimarchés : une comparaison expérimentale des programmes de clémence américain et européen]

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  • Karine Brisset

    (CRESE - Centre de REcherches sur les Stratégies Economiques (UR 3190) - UFC - Université de Franche-Comté - UBFC - Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE])

  • Eve-Angéline Lambert

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Francois Cochard

    (CRESE - Centre de REcherches sur les Stratégies Economiques (UR 3190) - UFC - Université de Franche-Comté - UBFC - Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE])

Abstract

This laboratory experiment compares the American and the European leniency programs to fight multimarket cartels. Leniency means that a firm, member of an illicit cartel, may obtain partial or full immunity if it cooperates and brings the evidence to a competition authority about this cartel and the implication of other firms. The US strengthened leniency programs for cartel in multimarket settings (Amnesty Plus program) in order to give incentives to members of a first cartel previously convicted to reveal their membership in cartels on other markets. With regard to the European program, Amnesty Plus may encourage the cartels' formation, as it reduces the expected cost from conviction. Our results do not confirm this procollusive effect and show that the incentive to report is significantly higher under Amnesty Plus, both before and after a first cartel has been detected.

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  • Karine Brisset & Eve-Angéline Lambert & Francois Cochard, 2019. "Fighting multi-market cartels: an experimental comparison of the american and european leniency programs [Lutte contre les cartels multimarchés : une comparaison expérimentale des programmes de clé," Post-Print hal-03282280, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03282280
    DOI: 10.3917/reco.706.1171
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    1. Karine Brisset & Francois Cochard & Eve-Angeline Lambert, 2023. "Is Amnesty Plus More Successful in Fighting Multimarket Cartels? An Exploratory Analysis," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 63(2), pages 211-237, September.

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