Study offers new view of how cartels work

Saturday, December 22, 2018 - 16:00 in Mathematics & Economics

Suppose you were building a cartel — a group of business interests who coordinate to fix high prices that consumers must pay. How would you design it? Received economic wisdom says transparency among cartel members is crucial: If colluding suppliers share information, they can keep prices high and monitor members of the cartel to make […]

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