Managing cartels: how cartel participants create stability in the absence of law

Firms enter cartels (e.g. price-fixing; bid-rigging) in order to control market uncertainties and gain collusive profits, but face challenges in controlling the cartel itself. A challenge for business cartels is how to organise collective illegal activities without the use of formal control, such as...

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Main Author: Jaspers, J.D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: European journal on criminal policy and research
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