Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180309 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7047
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
I study an indefinitely repeated game where firms differ in size. Attempts to form cartels in such an environment, for example by rationing outputs in a manner linked to firm size differences, have generally struggled. Any successful cartel has to set production shares in a manner that ensures no firm will defect. But this can require allocating sellers disproportionate shares, which in turn makes these tacit agreements difficult to create and enforce. I analyze some experimental evidence in support of this last proposition.
Subjects: 
asymmetric cartel
repeated game
experiments
JEL: 
D80
L15
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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