Detecting Cartels¶
Harrington, J. E. J. (2008). Detecting Cartels. Handbook of Antitrust Economics.
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Mechanisms¶
- Anti-Collusion Monitoring
- Its failure mode is that pattern evidence is circumstantial: parallel behavior can be perfectly innocent, since rivals reacting to the same cost shock look much like colluders, so screens throw false positives and cannot by themselves establish intent.
This sourceExplains that cartel screens are circumstantial indicators: common shocks can generate innocent parallel conduct, so screening alone cannot establish collusive intent.
- Its failure mode is that pattern evidence is circumstantial: parallel behavior can be perfectly innocent, since rivals reacting to the same cost shock look much like colluders, so screens throw false positives and cannot by themselves establish intent.
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