Explaining Escalating Fines and Prices: The Curse of Positive Selection
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Keywords
Escalation; repeat offenders; behavior-based pricing; deterrence;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D42 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Monopoly
- L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
- L12 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Monopoly; Monopolization Strategies
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAW-2018-06-11 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-MIC-2018-06-11 (Microeconomics)
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