Optimal Leniency Programs [PDF]
Leniency programs reduce sanctions for law violators that self-report. I focus on their ability to deter price-fixing cartels - and organized crime in general - by increasing incentives to "cheat" on partners. Moderate leniency programs that reduce/cancel sanctions for a spontaneously reporting party - as those normally implemented in reality - cannot ...
Spagnolo, Giancarlo
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25 years of leniency programs: a turning point in cartel prosecution [PDF]
This contribution reviews what we know about the effectiveness of leniency or amnesty programs in cartel prosecutions. Leniency programs have gradually been adopted by as many as 53 competition policy jurisdictions around the globe during the last 25 ...
Jiménez González, Juan Luis +3 more
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LENIENCY, COLLUSION, CORRUPTION, AND WHISTLEBLOWING [PDF]
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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The Interaction of Public and Private Enforcement of Competition Law Before and After the EU Directive – a Hungarian Perspective [PDF]
The paper explores the changes the EU Directive on harmonizing certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions will bring about in Hungary, with a special focus placed on damages ...
Tihamér Tóth
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Search Dog Handlers Show Positive Bias When Scoring Their Own Dog's Performance
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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Delays in Leniency Application: Is There Really a Race to the Enforcer's Door? [PDF]
This paper studies cartels’ strategic behavior in delaying leniency applications, a take-up decision that has been ignored in the previous literature. Using European Commission decisions issued over a 16-year span, we show, contrary to common beliefs and
Jun Zhou +6 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]
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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Globalization is characterized by a process where the economy becomes more tightly integrated and manifested in the form of free trade. Free trade forced by economic globalization has brought adverse effects.
Reni Budi Setianingrum, Muhammad Hawin
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Comparing an Apple with a Pear? The Australian Immunity Program and the Chinese Leniency Program
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
(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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