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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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014181122
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We study the timing of leniency applications using a novel application of multi-spell discrete-time survival analysis for a sample of cartels that were prosecuted by the European Commission (EC) between 1996 and 2014. The start of an EC investigation does not affect the rate at which...
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Antitrust laws prohibit private firms to coordinate their market behavior, yet many types of interfirm cooperation are legal. Using laboratory experiments, we study spillovers from legal cooperation in one market to non-competitive prices in a different market. Our theoretical framework predicts...
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The paper estimates the effects of a simpler criminal procedure on case durations and the probabilities that the defendant is charged and convicted. The identification strategy exploits a policy reform in the Czech Republic as a quasi-natural experiment. The reform allowed petty offenses to be...
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We investigate the dimensions through which R&D spillovers are propagated across firms via cooperation through Research Joint Ventures (RJVs). We build on the framework developed by Bloom et al. (2013) which considers the opposing effects of technology spillovers and product market rivalry, and...
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We investigate the dimensions through which R&D spillovers are propagated across firms via cooperation through Research Joint Ventures (RJVs). We build on the framework developed by Bloom et al. (2013) which considers the opposing effects of technology spillovers and product market rivalry, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012258922
We investigate the dimensions through which R&D spillovers are propagated across firms via cooperation through Research Joint Ventures (RJVs). We build on the framework developed by Bloom et al. (2013) which considers the opposing effects of technology spillovers and product market rivalry, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824822