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Journal articles
Hidden collusion by decentralization: firm organization and antitrust policy
Abstract : This paper develops a theory of the centralization of firms engaged in multi-market collusive agreements. A centralized organization (called the unitary or U-form) allows price coordination across several markets, whereas with decentralized (the multidivisional or M-form) firms the probability that the antitrust authority will find evidence of collusion on one market while investigating the other is lower. We show that the firm’s choice of internal structure depends to a large extent on product substitutability and the instruments used by the antitrust authority.
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Contributor : Réunion Univ Connect in order to contact the contributor
Submitted on : Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - 1:57:52 PM
Last modification on : Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 5:56:06 PM