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Mcmahon, Connette; Corcelius, Aaron; Smith, Barbara - 2013

The goals of transfer pricing are to assign a monetary value to a transfer and to minimize the taxes paid by a company as whole. However, because a single company can now have operations literally around the world, transfer pricing has become a very complicated, costly, and lucrative business...

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Foreign Direct Investment in the Context of Global Value Chains and Superstar Firms

Vrolijk, Kasper - 2021

these joint developments mean for how we think about and need to examine FDI. Against this setting, I explore four … dimensions of FDI: its conceptual aspects, measurement, determinants and implications. I show that including relevant aspects of … dictate determinants and implications of FDI. From the analysis emerges that relational costs of production, firm …

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Global Cartels Redux : The Amino Acid Lysine Antitrust Litigation (1996)

Connor, John M. - 2014

This paper presents an updated narrative of the history of the global lysine cartel and the legal consequences for its members in the United States. The story focuses especially upon the role of economists in calculating the size of overcharges and how the estimates can affect the decisions of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216150

Global Antitrust Prosecutions of International Cartels : Focus on Asia

Connor, John M. - 2009

International cartelists today face antitrust investigations and possible fines in a score of national and supranational jurisdictions. This paper aims at providing quantitative information about the size and impacts of international cartel activity in Asia and uses a sample of modern private...

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Determinants of EC Antitrust Fines for Members of Global Cartels

Connor, John M.; Miller, Douglas J. - 2013

In this paper, we estimate quantitatively the determinants of variation in administrative fines imposed on companies by the European Commission for price-fixing violations. Estimates from our behavioral model provide the first direct test of the predictive power of the optimal deterrence theory...

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Cartel Amnesties Granted : Worldwide Whistleblowers

Connor, John M. - 2009

This paper describes and analyzes the outcomes of cartel-whistleblower programs around the world, including those of the United States and Canada, which keep the identities of amnesty recipients secret before and after a case is closed. A total of at least 65 corporations have received full...

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The Great Global Vitamins Conspiracy : Sanctions and Deterrence*

Connor, John M. - 2008

When they were discovered in 1999, the 16 vitamins cartels were probably the largest, most harmful, and harshest sanctioned international cartels of the late 20th century. Still today, the vitamins cartels are cited by antitrust authorities as the outstanding example of an enforcement action...

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The Great Global Vitamins Cartels

Connor, John M. - 2008

This paper is an excerpt of a comprehensive examination of the global bulk vitamins cartels of the 1990s. In terms of its precision and breadth of coverage, the quantitative information now available on vitamins surpasses that of almost any other modern cartel. For example, the internal records...

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Global Cartels Redux : The Lysine Antitrust Litigation

Connor, John M. - 2014

The amino-acid lysine cartel was a watershed even in antitrust enforcement. It was the first global price-fixing conspiracy to be convicted by U.S. or EU antitrust authorities in 40 years. This paper presents an updated narrative of the history of the global lysine cartel and the legal...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044502

Effectiveness of Antitrust Sanctions on Modern International Cartels

Connor, John Murray - 2013

This paper assesses the antitrust fines and private penalties imposed on the participants of 260 international cartels discovered during 1990-2005, using four indicators of enforcement effectiveness. First, the United States is almost always the first to investigate and sanction international...

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