Information exchange in cartels.

Antitrust authorities view the exchange of information among firms regarding costs, prices, or sales as anticompetitive. Such exchanges allow competitors to closely monitor each other, thereby facilitating collusion. But the exchange of aggregate information, perhaps via a third party, is legal. The...

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Published in:RAND Journal of Economics (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 421 - 447
Main Authors: Awaya, Yu, Krishna, Vijay
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2020
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