Tag Archives: Collusion

Let's lock them in: Collusion under consumer switching costs

Niklas Fourberg suggests Let's lock them in: Collusion under consumer switching costs. ABSTRACT: Consumer switching costs cause the market demand of consumers who already bought a supplier's product to be less elastic while they simultaneously increase competition for new consumers…. … Continue reading

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Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Pricing and Collusion

Emilio Calvano, University of Bologna – Department of Economics; University of Toulouse 1 – Department of Economics; CSEF – Center for Studies in Economics and Finance, Giacomo Calzolari, European University Institute – Economics Department (ECO); Centre for Economic Policy Research… … Continue reading

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Collusion by Algorithm: Does Better Demand Prediction Facilitate Coordination Between Sellers?

Jeanine Miklós-Thal, University of Rochester – Simon Business School and Catherine E. Tucker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – Management Science (MS) ask Collusion by Algorithm: Does Better Demand Prediction Facilitate Coordination Between Sellers? ABSTRACT: We build a game-theoretic model… … Continue reading

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Tackling Algorithmic-Facilitated Tacit Collusion in a Proportionate Way

Paolo Siciliani, UCL Faculty of Laws; Bank of England is Tackling Algorithmic-Facilitated Tacit Collusion in a Proportionate Way. ABSTRACT: For the use of price-matching algorithms to facilitate exploitative price coordination the common adoption by all rival online-sellers may be required…. … Continue reading

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EU investigating German automakers, alleging collusion on emissions tech

Enlarge / A hose for an emission test is fixed in the exhaust pipe of a Volkswagen Golf 2.0 liter diesel car at the Technical Inspection Agency in Ludwigsburg, southwestern Germany, on August 7, 2017. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE / … Continue reading

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