Collusion sustainability with optimal punishments and detection lags, with an application to a Cournot game

In this paper we characterize optimal punishments with detection lags when the market consists of n oligopolistic firms that compete à la Cournot. It is shown how in the presence of detection lags optimal punishments fail to restore cooperation as long as the number of lags increases. Moreover, coll...

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Main Authors: Aitor Ciarreta, Carlos Gutiérrez-Hita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Chile 2013-01-01
Series:Estudios de Economía
Online Access:https://estudiosdeeconomia.uchile.cl/index.php/EDE/article/view/31033