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Do European Union fines deter price-fixing?

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The issue- Anti-cartel enforcement is the least controversial of competition policy themes. Agreements to restrict competition such as price fixing or market sharing have obvious negative effects on welfare. Within the European Union, however, industry representatives have increasingly voiced concern that the European Commission applies a too-strict fining policy to enforce anti-cartel law, particularly since the introduction of new guidelines on fines in 2006. Fines are said to be too...

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  • Mario Mariniello, 2013. "Do European Union fines deter price-fixing?," Policy Briefs 780, Bruegel.
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    1. Mario Mariniello & Marco Antonielli, 2014. "Antitrust risk in EU manufacturing- A sector-level ranking," Working Papers 836, Bruegel.
    2. Hüschelrath, Kai & Laitenberger, Ulrich, 2015. "The settlement procedure in EC cartel cases: An empirical assesment," ZEW Discussion Papers 15-064, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    3. González, Xulia & Moral, María J., 2019. "Effects of antitrust prosecution on retail fuel prices," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).

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