Autonomous algorithmic collusion: Economic research and policy implications

Stephanie Assad, Emilio Calvano, Giacomo Calzolari (giacomo.calzolari@unibo.it), Robert Clark, Vincenzo Denicolo, Daniel Ershov, Justin Pappas Johnson, Sergio Pastorello, Andrew Rhodes (andrew.rhodes@tse-fr.eu), Lei Xu and Matthijs Wildenbeest
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Daniel Ershov: TSE-R - Toulouse School of Economics - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

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Abstract: Markets are being populated with new generations of pricing algorithms, powered with Artificial Intelligence, that have the ability to autonomously learn to operate. This ability can be both a source of efficiency and cause of concern for the risk that algorithms autonomously and tacitly learn to collude. In this paper we explore recent developments in the economic literature and discuss implications for policy.

Keywords: Algorithmic Pricing; Antitrust; Competition Policy; Artificial Intelligence; Collusion; Platforms. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-09
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Published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2021, 37 (3), pp.459-478. ⟨10.1093/oxrep/grab011⟩

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DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grab011

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