Search Results - subject:"Leniency program"

Ordered leniency : an experimental study of law enforcement with self-reporting

Landeo, Claudia; Spier, Kathryn E. - 2018

This paper reports the results of an experiment designed to assess the ability of an enforcement agency to detect and deter harmful short-term activities committed by groups of injurers. With ordered-leniency policies, early cooperators receive reduced sanctions. We replicate the strategic...

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Effects of institutional history and leniency on collusive corruption and tax evasion

Buckenmaier, Johannes; Dimant, Eugen; Mittone, Luigi - 2018 - This version: May, 2018

corruption and tax compliance. We explore this through a formal leniency program. In our experiment, we nest collusive corruption …

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Once bitten, twice shy? Market size affects the effectiveness of a leniency program by (de-)activating hysteresis effects

Tebbe, Eva - 2018

program depends on market size. Against theory, the results indicate that a moderate leniency program is not preferable to a … program is not even entirely to be preferred compared to a laissez-faire policy. Yet, the leniency program seems to work …This article presents results of a laboratory experiment testing whether the effectiveness of a moderate leniency …

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Granting Immunity and Revoking Immunity : A Global Overview of Leniency Programs

Gurkaynak, Gonenc - 2018

Leniency applicants take on significant risks by self-reporting behaviors that may constitute competition law violations.To balance these risks, the requirements for conditional immunity should be set fairly by competition authorities, particularly when it comes to revoking immunity. This...

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Minority Share Acquisitions and Collusion : Evidence from the Introduction of National Leniency Programs

Heim, Sven - 2018

There is a growing concern that minority shareholding (MS) in rival firms may facilitate collusion. To examine this concern, we exploit the fact that leniency programs (LPs) are generally recognized as a shock that destabilizes collusive agreements and study the effect that the introduction of...

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Ordered Leniency : An Experimental Study of Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting

Landeo, Claudia - 2018

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Optimal Law Enforcement with Ordered Leniency

Landeo, Claudia - 2018

This paper studies the design of enforcement policies to detect and deter harmful short-term activities committed by groups of injurers. With an ordered-leniency policy, the degree of leniency granted to an injurer who self-reports depends on his or her position in the self-reporting queue. By...

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Ordered Leniency : An Experimental Study of Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting

Landeo, Claudia - 2018

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480745

Optimal Law Enforcement with Ordered Leniency

Landeo, Claudia - 2018

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480746

Do Discriminatory Leniency Policies Fight Hard-Core Cartels?

Clemens, Georg; Rau, Holger Andreas - 2018

This paper experimentally analyzes the effects of non-discriminatory and discriminatory leniency policies on hard-core cartels. We design a mechanism to form a hard-core cartel, which allows that multiple ringleaders emerge. Ringleaders often take a leading role in the coordination and formation...

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