Fighting multi-market cartels: an experimental comparison of the american and european leniency programs

Lutte contre les cartels multimarchés: une comparaison expérimentale des programmes de clémence américain et européen

Karine Brisset (), Eve-Angeline Lambert and Francois Cochard ()
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Karine Brisset: CRESE - Centre de REcherches sur les Stratégies Economiques (UR 3190) - UFC - Université de Franche-Comté - UBFC - Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE]
Francois Cochard: CRESE - Centre de REcherches sur les Stratégies Economiques (UR 3190) - UFC - Université de Franche-Comté - UBFC - Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE]

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Abstract: This laboratory experiment compares the American and the European leniency programs to fight multimarket cartels. Leniency means that a firm, member of an illicit cartel, may obtain partial or full immunity if it cooperates and brings the evidence to a competition authority about this cartel and the implication of other firms. The US strengthened leniency programs for cartel in multimarket settings (Amnesty Plus program) in order to give incentives to members of a first cartel previously convicted to reveal their membership in cartels on other markets. With regard to the European program, Amnesty Plus may encourage the cartels' formation, as it reduces the expected cost from conviction. Our results do not confirm this procollusive effect and show that the incentive to report is significantly higher under Amnesty Plus, both before and after a first cartel has been detected.

Keywords: Antitrust; Multimarket cartels; Leniency programs; Amnesty Plus; Price competition with differentiated products; Cartels multimarchés; Programmes de clémence; Concurrence en prix avec biens différenciés (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in Revue Economique, 2019, 70 (6), pp.1171-1185. ⟨10.3917/reco.706.1171⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/reco.706.1171

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