The Effects of Endogenous Enforcement on Strategic Uncertainty and Cartel Deterrence

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Crede, Carsten and Lu, Liang (2016) The Effects of Endogenous Enforcement on Strategic Uncertainty and Cartel Deterrence.

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Abstract

This study experimentally investigates the impact of antitrust enforcement on cartel price decisions when fines and detection probabilities depend on them. We impose expected punishments that create two payoff–equivalent collusive price equilibria, of which one features a lower riskiness of collusion. Subjects are found to behave strategically in that they choose the equilibrium with a lower riskiness of collusion. This suggests that competition authorities can exploit the effects of such endogenous enforcement on strategic uncertainty between cartelists, i.e. a priori uncertainty about the actions of the other cartel members, to lower cartel prices. However, frequency deterrence might be reduced such that the overall welfare effects may be ambiguous.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy
Related URLs:	https://www.uea.ac.uk/documents/166500/0...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2017 08:32
Last Modified:	20 Jun 2023 15:07
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/63976
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