Economics of collusion
Contents
Place in the Framework
The economics of collusion helps explain when parallel conduct is plausibly the product of agreement rather than independent rational action.
Core Questions
- What market conditions make coordination easier to reach, monitor, and enforce?
- What evidence distinguishes interdependence from agreement?
- How do facilitating practices change the likelihood or stability of coordination?
Working Notes
Add notes here on oligopoly behavior, conscious parallelism, detection problems, and economic facts that support or weaken an inference of agreement.