25 years of leniency programs: a turning point in cartel prosecution

This contribution reviews what we know about the effectiveness of leniency or amnesty programs in cartel prosecutions. Leniency programs have gradually been adopted by as many as 53 competition policy jurisdictions around the globe during the last 25 years. We show that the available evidence suppor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Borrell, Joan-Ramon, García Galindo, Carmen, Jiménez González, Juan Luis, Ordóñez de Haro, José Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/154157
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/154157
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Càrtels
Competència econòmica
Condonació del deute
Cartels
Competition
Debt relief
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Sumario:This contribution reviews what we know about the effectiveness of leniency or amnesty programs in cartel prosecutions. Leniency programs have gradually been adopted by as many as 53 competition policy jurisdictions around the globe during the last 25 years. We show that the available evidence supports that the leniency programs have had a strong impact on anti-cartel policy design and effectiveness. (...)