We conduct an experimental study of cartel behaviour in the presence of an active competition authority that may respond to suspicious pricing behaviour by firms. We find that subjects are doing very well in developing strategies to avoid antitrust detection. We observe gradual price increases...

When a sequence of decision makers with private information announce public predictions, initial conformity can create an information cascade in which all future decision makers will rationally match the early announcements and disregard private information. This study uses event-related...