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Publication games: In the web of reciprocity. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 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]
Revista de Economia Contemporânea, 2022 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]
Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies, 2021 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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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 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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Particularities of Proving a Single and Continuous Infringement of EU Competition Rules [PDF]
Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies, 2020 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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The Discontent Cartel Member and Cartel Collapse: The Case of the German Cement Cartel [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014 We hypothesize a particular source of cartel instability and explore its relevance to understanding cartel dynamics. The cartel instability is rooted in the observation that, upon cartel formation, the relative positions of firms are often fixed which may lead some growth-conscious members to be discontent.
Harrington, Joseph +3 more
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021 Social media influencers account for a growing share of marketing worldwide. We demonstrate the existence of a novel form of market failure in the advertising market: influencer cartels, where groups of influencers collude to increase their advertising revenue by inflating their engagement.
Marit Hinnosaar, Toomas Hinnosaar
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Oslo Law Review, 2020 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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WHICH CHARACTERISTICS OF PRICE-FIXING AGREEMENTS ARE RELATED TO A GREATER DAMAGE TO CONSUMERS? [PDF]
Revista de Economia Contemporânea, 2022 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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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016 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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