Tag: Cartels
The Morality of Cartel Activity
By Andreas Stephan (University of East Anglia)
This chapter examines the extent to which cartel activity is morally wrongful and the resultant implications for cartel...
Antitrust Chronicle – Buyer Cartels
Dear Readers,
The cardinal sin under antitrust rules is a conspiracy to fix prices. Competition legislation throughout the world therefore universally sets out, as its...
Buyers’ Cartels: Prevalence and Undercharges
This article supplements information on 24 U.S. domestic buyers’ cartels cited in a 2010 book by Blair & Harrison by assembling and analyzing a...
Where Have We Been, and Where Are We Going? The Criminal...
The announcement in October 2016 that the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice intended “to criminally investigate naked no-poaching or wage-fixing agreements,”...
Recent EU Developments in Buyer-Side Cartels
Recent Commission decisions and judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning purchasing cartels offer insights as to how the Commission...
European Competition Law Scrutiny of Purchasing Alliances
It seems undeniable that within the EU interest is growing in purchasing alliances and particularly in the grocery retail sector. However, care must be...
Buyer Cartels: A Theoretical and Policy Framework
This paper contains a theoretical analysis cartel formation by buyers in thin markets where with a small number of buyers and sellers. Limiting the...
Cartels and Fines
By Florian Smuda (University of Applied Sciences Koblenz)
This chapter deals with cartel fines as sanctions to deter cartelization. The concept of cartel fines as...
Competitive Harm Crossing Borders: Regulatory Gaps and a Way Forward
By Marek Martyniszyn (Queen's University Belfast)
This article analyses the current regulatory framework governing transnational restrictive business practices. It identifies key gaps that provide room...
Challenges and Pitfalls in Cartel Fining
By Marcel Boyer (CIRANO), Anne Catherine Faye (Analysis Group, Inc.), Eric Gravel & Rachidi Kotchoni (Université Paris Nanterre)
We analyze challenges and pitfalls faced by...
