Cartel formation and detection: the role of information costs and disclosure
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Keywords
Cartels; Damages; Hiding; Information costs; Leniency; Self-reporting;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
- L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
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