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| Title: | | Global cartels, leniency programs and international antitrust cooperation  |
| Authors: | | Choi, Jay Pil Gerlach, Heiko A. |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | CESifo working paper Industrial Organisation 3005 |
| Abstract: | | In this paper we analyze cartel formation and self-reporting incentives when firms operate in several geographical markets and face antitrust enforcement in different jurisdictions. We are concerned with the effectiveness of leniency programs and the benefits of international antitrust cooperation between agencies. When international antitrust prosecution is uncoordinated, multi-market contact allows firms to reduce the amount of self-reporting in equilibrium and sustain cartels more effectively. We then discuss the effects of information sharing among antitrust authorities as a function of how much and which type of information is exchanged. We show that extensive information sharing might have an adverse effect on self-reporting by cartel members. |
| Subjects: | | cartel formation multi-market contact leniency programs international antitrust cooperation |
| JEL: | | L13 L41 D43 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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