The settlement procedure in EC cartel cases: An empirical assesment
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Keywords
competition policy; cartels; settlements; ex-post evaluation; European Union;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
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2015-09-11 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-EUR-2015-09-11 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-IND-2015-09-11 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-LAW-2015-09-11 (Law and Economics)
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