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LOCATION:Anna J. Schwartz Room,5.2.010,Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Strasse 58,10117 Berlin
SUMMARY:Choosing between Explicit Cartel Formation and Tacit Collusion – An Experiment
DESCRIPTION:10:30 - 11:30 // Abstract: Antitrust authorities try to detect and sanction existing cartels and hinder the formation of new ones. Firms nevertheless try to collude while avoiding sanctions, for example by colluding tacitly instead of explicitly forming a cartel. In this paper, we focus on differences in the communication of firms that either form an explicit cartel or try to collude tacitly. The latter may still involve communication, but not (at least not explicitly) about prices. We use an experimental treatment variation that manipulates how explicitly firms communicate about prices. Using text mining techniques, we then analyze how the content of communication influences the firms' price setting behavior.  Joint with Jana Friedrichsen (DIW Berlin & HU Berlin) and Lisa V. Bruttel (University of Potsdam)
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URL:https://www.diw.de/en/diw_01.c.696881.en/events/choosing_between_explicit_cartel_form...tacit_collusion_an_experiment.html
ORGANIZER;CN=Maximilian Schäfer:mailto:mschaefer@diw.de
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