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The law and economics of enhancing cartel enforcement : using information from non-cartel investigations to prosecute cartels

Ghosal, Vivek - 2011

I present the following proposal: information revealed during non-cartel investigations by competition law enforcement … investigate and prosecute cartels. Currently, in several jurisdictions, information acquired in, for example, a M&A investigation … typically cannot be directly used for a cartel case due to the underlying statutes and the legal and administrative procedures …

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The Law and Economics of Enhancing Cartel Enforcement : Using Information from Non-Cartel Investigations to Prosecute Cartels

Ghosal, Vivek - 2014

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The law and economics of enhancing cartel enforcement : using information from non-cartel investigations to prosecute cartels

Ghosal, Vivek - In: Review of law and economics : publ. in cooperation with … 7 (2011) 2, pp. 501-538

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Out of the DOJ Ashes Rises the FTC Phoenix : How to Enhance Antitrust Enforcement by Eliminating an Antitrust Enforcement Agency

Bush, Darren - 2018

Congress passed the Federal Trade Commission Act in 1914, displeased with its initial foray into competition policy, the Sherman Act. Congress desired to create a Commission comprised of “trained, skillful [people]…. clothed with adequate authority” who could provide “more complete and...

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The Dynamics of Mergers Among (Ex)Co-Conspirators in the Shadow of Cartel Enforcement

Marx, Leslie M.; Zhou, Jun - 2014

We investigate cartelists’ merger behavior using European Commission (EC) cartel decisions over a 28-year span and … information on cartelists’ merger activities over the last 30 years. We find that mergers occur frequently. But they cluster in a … few particular industries and usually include only a minority of the cartel participants. The EC’s leniency programs …

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The Dynamics of Mergers among (Ex)Co-Conspirators in the Shadow of Cartel Enforcement

Marx, Leslie M.; Zhou, Jun - 2015

We investigate cartelists' merger behavior using European Commission (EC) cartel decisions over a 28-year span and … information on cartelists' merger activities over the last 30 years. We find that mergers occur frequently but that they cluster … in a few particular industries and usually include only a minority of the cartel participants. The EC's leniency program …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147493

Fight Cartels or Control Mergers? On the Optimal Allocation of Enforcement Efforts within Competition Policy

Cosnita-Langlais, Andreea - 2014

This paper deals with the optimal enforcement of competition law between merger and anti-cartel policies. We examine … account the ensuing incentives for firms in terms of choice between cartels and mergers. To the extent that a tougher anti-cartel …

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The Deterrence Effects of U.S. Merger Policy Instruments

Clougherty, Joseph A. - 2011

We estimate the deterrence effects of U.S. merger policy instruments with respect to the composition and frequency of future merger notifications. Data from the Annual Reports by the U.S. DOJ and FTC allow industry based measures over the 1986-1999 period of the conditional probabilities for...

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The deterrence effects of US merger policy instruments

Clougherty, Joseph A.; Seldeslachts, Jo - 2011

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The Deterrence Effects of U.S. Merger Policy Instruments

Clougherty, Joseph A. - 2012

We estimate the deterrence effects of U.S. merger policy instruments with respect to the composition and frequency of future merger notifications. Data from the Annual Reports by the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission allow industry-based measures over the 1986-1999 period...

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