Do Antitrust Laws Facilitate Collusion? Experimental Evidence on Costly Communication in Duopolies
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- Ola Andersson & Erik Wengström, 2007. "Do Antitrust Laws Facilitate Collusion? Experimental Evidence on Costly Communication in Duopolies," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 109(2), pages 321-339, June.
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- C90 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - General
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- L40 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2004-04-18 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-EXP-2004-04-18 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-IND-2004-05-09 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-LAW-2004-04-18 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-MIC-2004-04-18 (Microeconomics)
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