This paper reports results from an experiment studying how fines, leniency programs and reward schemes for …: subjects use costly fines as (altruistic) punishments. Leniency further increases deterrence, but stabilizes surviving cartels …. With rewards, cartels are reported systematically and prices finally fall. If a ringleader is excluded from leniency …

This paper presents results from a laboratory experiment on the channels through which different law enforcement … to several other crimes sharing cartels' strategic features, including corruption and financial fraud. …

This paper presents results from a laboratory experiment studying the channels through which dierent law enforcement … several other forms of crimes that share cartels' strategic features, including corruption and nancial fraud. …

makes cartels that do form more stable: subjects use the possibility to report the cartel as an additional stick to control …

The article makes a literature review on the theory of Leniency Programs for cartels prosecution. We focus on how these …

An experiment is conducted were subjects interact repeatedly to examine the effect of a particular leniency program on …

An experiment is conducted were subjects interact repeatedly to examine the effect of a particular leniency program on …

, destabilizes cartels, reduces the probability that a cartel re-establishes, and reduces theaverage winning bid. In contrast, while … a leniency program has no additional effect on cartelformation or cartel recidivism, it makes cartels more stable and …