A test of collusive behavior based on incentives

This paper proposes a novel collusion test based on the analysis of incentives faced by each firm in a colluding coalition. In fact, once collusion is in effect, each colluding firm faces the incentive to secretly deviate from the agreement, since it thereby increases its profits, although the collu...

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Main Author: Cabral, Ricardo (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/4820
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.uac.pt:10400.3/4820