Incentive to squeal: an experiment on leniency programs for antitrust violators
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Keywords
antitrust; cartel; experiment; leniency program;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- L44 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Antitrust Policy and Public Enterprise, Nonprofit Institutions, and Professional Organizations
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2020-04-20 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-EXP-2020-04-20 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-IND-2020-04-20 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-LAW-2020-04-20 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-ORE-2020-04-20 (Operations Research)
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