Mexican cartel expansion: a quantitative examination of factors associated with territorial claims
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DOI: 10.1007/s10611-019-09864-3
Abstract: Since the war on Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) began, shortly after Felipe Calderón took office as president in 2006, violence has become the norm in many parts of Mexico. Numerous cartel leaders have been… read more here.
Keywords: quantitative examination; examination factors; cartel expansion; expansion quantitative ... See more keywords
Cartel screening in the Brazilian fuel retail market
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econ.2021.01.001
Abstract: Abstract We aim to evaluate two different econometric screens for identifying anti-competitive behavior in the fuel retail market: (i) The Markov-Switching GARCH (MS-GARCH) Models; (ii) The Local Gaussian Correlation (LGC) approach. Using the gasoline cartel… read more here.
Keywords: cartel; cartel screening; retail market; fuel retail ... See more keywords
Combining cartel penalties and private damage actions: The impact on cartel prices
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2020.102604
Abstract: Abstract In many countries antitrust enforcement by Competition Authorities through prosecution and the imposition of penalties is complemented in price-fixing cases by private damage actions, which should affect both cartel deterrence and the prices set… read more here.
Keywords: cartel prices; calculating damages; damage; private damage ... See more keywords
Compliance with cartel laws and the determinants of deterrence – an empirical investigation
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DOI: 10.1080/17441056.2017.1387450
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper empirically investigates the drivers of compliance to cartel law and deterrence properties of enforcement tools with conjoint firm-level online survey data from the Netherlands. Compliance is measured by a response to varying… read more here.
Keywords: laws determinants; compliance; compliance cartel; cartel ... See more keywords
Sublicense and cartel enforcement mechanism in first price auction*
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DOI: 10.1080/17441056.2019.1592416
Abstract: ABSTRACT In 2017, the Italian Competition Authority opened a cartel investigation regarding the auction of international television sport rights. In particular, prior to several auctions, bidders have agreed to sublicense the audio-visual football rights in… read more here.
Keywords: mechanism; sublicense; auction; cartel ... See more keywords
Subverting the Organizational Cartel: Explaining Cross-Party Leadership Selection in U.S. State Houses
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DOI: 10.1177/1532673x19892002
Abstract: In the U.S. House of Representatives, the majority party constitutes an organizational cartel that monopolizes the selection of chamber leaders. But in state legislatures, that cartel power is sometimes circumvented by a bipartisan bloc that… read more here.
Keywords: cross party; party; leadership; organizational cartel ... See more keywords