Luke Garrod, Jr., Joseph E. Harrington,

Hub-and-Spoke Cartels

Why They Form, How They Operate, and How to Prosecute Them

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"A comprehensive economic and legal analysis of a unique form of collusive behavior"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9780262046206
• ISBN-10: 0262046202
• Artikelnr.: 62303930

Autorenporträt

Luke Garrod, Joseph E. Harrington, Jr., and Matthew Olczak

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1: Introduction
1.1: What Is a Hub-and-Spoke Cartel?
1.2: Why Study Hub-and-Spoke Cartels?
1.3: Approach and Overview
2: General Analysis of Hub-and-Spoke Collusion
2.1: Collusion Requires Participation, Stability, and Coordination
2.2: Participation, Stability, and Coordination Conditions for a
Hub-and-Spoke Cartel
2.3: Summary and Final Remarks
3: Collusion to Raise Downstream Prices: Upstream Supplier as Hub
3.1: Economic Framework
3.2: Cases
3.3: General Lessons
3.4: Appendix: Sugar (Canada)
3.5: Technical Appendix
4: Collusion to Raise Downstream Prices: Downstream Intermediary as Hub
4.1: Economic Framework
4.2: Cases
4.3: General Lessons
5: Collusion to Exclude Rival Firms
5.1: Economic Framework
5.2: Cases
5.3: General Lessons
5.4: Appendix: Automobile Retailing—General Motors (US)
5.5: Technical Appendix
6: General Assessment of Hub-and-Spoke Cartels
6.1: Cartel Formation
6.2: Cartel Operations
6.3: Cartel Efficiency
7: Competition Law and Hub-and-Spoke Collusion
Notes
References
Index