Global price fixing : our customers are the enemy /
The goal of Global Price Fixing is to describe and analyze the origins, operation, and impacts of global cartels in the markets for lysine, citric acid, and vitamins. The work is fundamentally a historical approach to understanding the interplay among personal motivations, economic forces, and the e...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Kluwer Academic,
[2001]
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| Series: | Studies in industrial organization ;
v. 24. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction. Purpose and Scope. Importance of the Cases. Sources and Methods. Organization
- 2. The Economics of Price Fixing. Basic Theory. Price Fixing Defined. Cartel Theory. Conditions Facilitating Collusion. Effects of Collusion. Cartel Histories
- 3. Anticartel Laws and Enforcement. Market Power. The Sherman Act. Prosecuting Price Fixing. Anticartel Enforcement Abroad. International Cooperation
- 4. The Citric Acid Industry. The Product. Technology and Early Development. Market Size and Growth. The Structure of Production. Members of the Cartel. International Trade Patterns. Costs of Production. Selling Practices
- 5. The Citric Acid Conspiracy. Introduction. Triggering Events. Meetings and Methods.