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Publication games: In the web of reciprocity. [PDF]
The present processes of research assessment, i.e. focusing on one or a few, related, scientometrics, foster questionable authorship practices, like gifting authorship to non-contributing people.
Zoltán Barta
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EX-POST EVALUATION OF MEAN-VARIANCE CARTEL FILTERS [PDF]
This study provides an ex-post evaluation of selected filters to find cartels. We evaluate whether filters incurred in type I errors, i.e., failing to recognize the presence of a cartel.
Matheus Humberto Migliari Ramalho +1 more
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The (Ab)use of Soft Law in Shaping EU Competition Law: Undermining the Effectiveness of Leniency Programmes [PDF]
One of the defining features of EU competition provisions is that they are enforceable and applicable by the authorities and courts of the European Union and those of its Member States.
Javier Guillen Carames
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How many cartels are there, and how long do they live? The answers to these questions are important in assessing the need for competition policy. We present a Hidden Markov Model that takes into account that often it is not known whether a cartel exists or not.
Hyytinen, Ari +3 more
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SummaryThe begin and end dates of cartels are often ambiguous, despite competition authorities stating them with precision. The legally established infringement period(s) from documentary evidence need not coincide with the period(s) of actual cartel effects.
Boswijk, H.P. +2 more
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Twentieth-century cartel registers, operated in a number of countries predominantly from around 1950 to the early 1990s, are a new international field of research.
Frode Steen, Eirik Østerud
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Evaluating Leniency with Missing Information on Undetected Cartels: Exploring Time-Varying Policy Impacts on Cartel Duration [PDF]
This paper examines the effects of European Commission’s (EC) new leniency program on the EC’s capabilities in detecting and deterring cartels. As a supplementary analysis, the US leniency is studied.
Zhou, Jun
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Particularities of Proving a Single and Continuous Infringement of EU Competition Rules [PDF]
A single and continuous infringement of EU competition rules is a qualified form of infringement of EU Competition Law characterized by the existence of a global plan having a single objective between undertakings.
Mirna Romić
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WHICH CHARACTERISTICS OF PRICE-FIXING AGREEMENTS ARE RELATED TO A GREATER DAMAGE TO CONSUMERS? [PDF]
Despite the deterrence effect generated by antitrust laws, the fact is that many collusive agreements end up forming in the economy. An essential task is to understand how distinct market characteristics affect cartel profits and damages.
Lucas Campio Pinha
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Cartel Duration and Endogenous Private Monitoring and Communication: An Instrumental Variables Approach [PDF]
Colluding firms often exchange private information and make transfers within the cartels based on the information. Estimating the impact of such collusive practices— known as the “lysine strategy profile (LSP)”— on cartel duration is difficult because of
Zhou, Jun
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