We investigate the effect of a ban on third-degree price discrimination on the sustainability of collusion. We build a …' discount factor has to be higher in order to sustain collusion in grim-trigger strategies under price discrimination than under …

difference in average total outputs across data aggregation and information settings. However, we observe more collusion when …

This paper studies the effect of forward contracts on the stability of collusion among firms, competing in supply … functions on the spot market. A forward market can increase the range of discount factors which allow to sustain collusion. On … the contrary, collusion is destabilised when a potential deviator sells a significant amount forward. Results do not …

from a theoretical stance how introducing asymmetry in the substitution effects influences the sustainability of collusion … which are asymmetric in magnitude. Within this framework, we study partial collusion using Friedman (1971) solution concept …. Our main result shows that the interval of quantities supporting collusion in the asymmetric setting is always smaller …

information, our data confirm the well-known result that duopoly players achieve, on average, partial collusion. However, as soon …

and cost asymmetry. A dynamic collusion game is constructed, and backward induction is employed to solve the subgame … downstream collusion when the cost asymmetry is large and network externalities are relatively weak. …