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Collusion by code or algorithmic collusion? When pricing algorithms take over
European Competition Journal, 2020As algorithmic pricing becomes more widespread, the discussion about the extent to which the use of algorithms results in an increase of collusion also intensifies.
Lea Bernhardt, Ralf Dewenter
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Algorithmic Collusion in Assortment Games
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021This paper contributes to the ongoing debate on the plausibility of tacit collusion between sellers in algorithmic marketplaces, which can be detrimental to customers and social welfare. We study a broad class of assortment decisions routinely made by sellers on online platforms, including which products are offered to customers, at what price, and how
Ali Aouad, Arnoud V. den Boer
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Algorithmic collusion: an interdisciplinary perspective
Published: 20 May 2025 Software programmes based on algorithms have become common in pricing because they outperform humans at automatising tasks in terms of speed, complexity, and accuracy of analysis. In many online markets, repricing algorithms have replaced the human decision maker.Philip Hanspach, Niccolò Galli
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Pricing Algorithms as Collusive Devices
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020This paper undertakes a critical review of the prospect that self-learning pricing algorithms will lead to widespread collusion independently of the intervention and participation of humans. There is no concrete evidence, no example yet, and no antitrust case that self-learning pricing algorithms have colluded let alone increased the prospect of ...
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Tacit collusion by pricing algorithms
Economic InquiryAbstract This article contributes to the debate about the potential of pricing algorithms to collude and earn supra‐competitive profits without explicit communication. By simulating competition among seven algorithms, we demonstrate that: (1) algorithms can reach supra‐competitive prices in a reasonably short time, taking less than ...
Bharat Bhole, Sunita Surana
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Algorithmic Collusion and Algorithmic Compliance: Risks and Opportunities
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020Algorithms are becoming ubiquitous in our society. They are powerful and, in some cases, indispensable tools in today’s economy. In terms of the technology, we do not yet have AI sophisticated enough to, with a reasonable degree of certainty, reach autonomous tacit collusion in most real markets.
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Algorithmic Price Recommendations and Collusion
This repository accompanies the paper “Algorithmic Price Recommendations and Collusion: Experimental Evidence,” co-authored by Matthias Hunold and Tobias Werner Contents: - Replication Package: The repository includes a comprehensive "replication_package.zip" file containing: - Raw and processed data. - oTree application used for the experiments.Werner, Tobias, Hunold, Matthias
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Adaptive Algorithms and Collusion via Coupling
Proceedings of the 24th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation, 2023Martino Banchio, Giacomo Mantegazza
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ALGORITHMIC COLLUSION: A REAL PROBLEM FOR COMPETITION POLICY?
2020Recently, antitrust authorities started to worry about the possible consequences of algorithmic pricing. Indeed, we document that pricing algorithms are already widely used and argue that they are likely to become even more prevalent in the future. In particular, authorities worry about data-driven price discrimination and algorithmic collusion.
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