sanctions on communication reinforces the direct cartel-deterring effect of sanctions as collusion is more difficult to reach …This paper sheds new light on the role of communication for cartel formation. Using machine learning to evaluate free …-form chat communication among firms in a laboratory experiment, we identify typical communication patterns for both explicit …

sanctions on communication reinforces the direct cartel-deterring effect of sanctions as collusion is more difficult to reach …This paper sheds new light on the role of communication for cartel formation. Using machine learning to evaluate free …-form chat communication among firms in a laboratory experiment, we identify typical communication patterns for both explicit …

we study their effect on firms' communication in a laboratory experiment. Using machine learning to organize the chat …This paper analyzes the inner workings of cartels. To understand how sanctioning institutions prevent cartel formation … communication into topics, we find that firms are less likely to communicate explicitly about price fixing when sanctioning …

sanctions on communication reinforces the direct cartel-deterring effect of sanctions as collusion is more difficult to reach …This paper sheds new light on the role of communication for cartel formation. Using machine learning to evaluate free …-form chat communication among firms in a laboratory experiment, we identify typical communication patterns for both explicit …

sanctions on communication reinforces the direct cartel-deterring effect of sanctions as collusion is more difficult to reach …This paper sheds new light on the role of communication for cartel formation. Using machine learning to evaluate free …-form chat communication among firms in a laboratory experiment, we identify typical communication patterns for both explicit …

sanctions on communication reinforces the direct cartel-deterring effect of sanctions as collusion is more difficult to reach …This paper sheds new light on the role of communication for cartel formation. Using machine learning to evaluate free …-form chat communication among firms in a laboratory experiment, we identify typical communication patterns for both explicit …

innocuous communication and communication about a cartel, sanctioning only the latter. To this aim, we introduce a participant …The experimental literature on antitrust enforcement provides robust evidence that communication plays an important … in the role of the competition authority, who is properly incentivized to judge communication content and price setting …

collusion game. Consistent with the existing literature on communication and collusion, even minimal communication leads to a … strategies, this initial burst of collusion rapidly collapses. When unlimited pre-game communication is allowed via a chat window … communication improves collusion in this setting. Explicit threats to punish cheating prove to be by far the most important factor …

sanctions on communication reinforces the direct cartel-deterring effect of sanctions as collusion is more difficult to reach …This paper sheds new light on the role of communication for cartel formation. Using machine learning to evaluate free …-form chat communication among firms in a laboratory experiment, we identify typical communication patterns for both explicit …

sanctions on communication reinforces the direct cartel-deterring effect of sanctions as collusion is more difficult to reach …This paper sheds new light on the role of communication for cartel formation. Using machine learning to evaluate free …-form chat communication among firms in a laboratory experiment, we identify typical communication patterns for both explicit …