Leniency policies and illegal transactions [PDF]
Journal of Public Economics, 2006 Forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economics. We study the consequences of leniency - reduced legal sanctions for wrongdoers who spontaneously self-report to law enforcers - on sequential, bilateral, illegal transactions, such as corruption, manager-auditor collusion, or drug deals.
Buccirossi, P, SPAGNOLO, GIANCARLO
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Evaluating Leniency with Missing Information on Undetected Cartels: Exploring Time-Varying Policy Impacts on Cartel Duration [PDF]
, 2011 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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Search Dog Handlers Show Positive Bias When Scoring Their Own Dog's Performance
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 Self-assessments of performance are commonly used in the human workplace, although compared to peer or supervisor ratings, they may be subject to positive biases or leniency.
Corinna C. A. Clark +2 more
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Trust, Leniency and Deterrence [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014 This paper presents results from a laboratory experiment on the channels through which different law enforcement strategies deter cartel formation. With leniency policies offering immunity to the first reporting party a high fine is the main determinant of deterrence, having a strong effect even when the probability of exogenous detection is zero ...
BIGONI, MARIA +3 more
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LENIENCY, COLLUSION, CORRUPTION, AND WHISTLEBLOWING [PDF]
Journal of Competition Law & Economics, 2016 In the absence of coordinated forms of leniency (or rewards) for unveiling corruption, a policy offering immunity from antitrust sanctions may not be sufficient to encourage wrongdoers to blow the whistle, as the leniency recipient will then be exposed to the risk of conviction for corruption.
Luz R. D., Spagnolo G.
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Comparing an Apple with a Pear? The Australian Immunity Program and the Chinese Leniency Program
Bond Law Review, 2018 The US introduced the cartel leniency program in 1978. In the past two decades, there has been a surge in the implementation of leniency programs in more than sixty jurisdictions.
Jinheng Feng, Xiaomin Fang, Vai Io Lo
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DHL Express (Italy) v. Commission: Getting It Right Beats Being First
European Papers, 2016 (Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2016 1(2), 765-768 | European Forum Highlight of 25 July 2016 | (Abstract) In the lack of a harmonised system of leniency at the EU level, the principle of autonomy of national ...
Cristina Volpin
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Leniency and Damages: Where Is the Conflict? [PDF]
The Journal of Legal Studies, 2020 Damage actions may reduce leniency programs’ attractiveness for cartel participants if their cooperation with the competition authority increases the chance that the cartel’s victims will sue them. This apparent conflict between public and private antitrust enforcement led to calls for a legal compromise.
Buccirossi, Paolo +2 more
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Solidarna odpowiedzialność sprawców naruszenia prawa konkurencji przewidziana w projekcie ustawy o roszczeniach o naprawienie szkody wyrządzonej przez naruszenie prawa konkurencji z 7 lutego 2017 r. – aspekt podmiotowy [PDF]
internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny, 2017 Celem niniejszego artykułu jest analiza problematyki związanej z konstrukcją solidarnej odpowiedzialności uczestników kartelu przewidzianej w projekcie ustawy o roszczeniach o naprawienie szkody wyrządzonej przez naruszenie prawa konkurencji z 7 lutego ...
Aleksandra Milewska
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The leniency agreement: ananalysis of constitutional compatibility and legitimacy
Revista do Direito Público, 2015 The scope of this study is to analyze the institution of the Leniency Agreement, notably under the light of theAnticorruption Law provision (Law 12.846 of 2013)and theRegulatory Decree 8.420 of 2015.
Marlon roberth sales +1 more
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