Joseph E. Harrington Jr

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA 19102

Philadelphia, PA 19104

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1.

How Do Hub-and-Spoke Cartels Operate? Lessons from Nine Case Studies

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 04 Sep 2018
Joseph E. Harrington Jr
University of Pennsylvania
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collusion, hub-and-spoke cartels, antitrust, competition law

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Developing Competition Law for Collusion by Autonomous Price-Setting Agents

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 19 Sep 2017
Joseph E. Harrington Jr
University of Pennsylvania
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Collusion, Algorithms, Antitrust, Competition Law

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The Practical Requirements of a Successful Cartel

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 09 Mar 2021
Joseph E. Harrington Jr
University of Pennsylvania
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collusion, cartel, coordination, agreement, antitrust law, competition policy

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The Anticompetitiveness of Sharing Prices

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 30 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2021
Joseph E. Harrington Jr
University of Pennsylvania
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Information exchange, prices, antitrust

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Collusion in Plain Sight: Firms’ Use of Public Announcements to Restrain Competition

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 30 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2021
Joseph E. Harrington Jr
University of Pennsylvania
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Collusion, Antitrust, Public Communications

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Does enforcement deter cartels? A Tale of Two Tails

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2017
Iwan Bos, S. W. Davies, Joseph E. Harrington Jr, Peter L. Ormosi and Peter L. Ormosi
Maastricht University, University of East Anglia (UEA), University of Pennsylvania and Norwich Business SchoolUniversity of East Anglia (UEA) - Centre for Competition Policy
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anti-cartel enforcement, deterrence, cartel overcharge

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What Can the Duration of Discovered Cartels Tell Us About the Duration of All Cartels?

PIER Working Paper No. 14-042
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2015
Joseph E. Harrington Jr and Yanhao 'Max' Wei
University of Pennsylvania and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Cartel detection, Collusion, Antitrust

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Cost Coordination

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2023
Joseph E. Harrington Jr
University of Pennsylvania
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Collusion, antitrust

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A Proposal for a Structural Remedy for Illegal Collusion

Antitrust Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Sep 2017
Joseph E. Harrington Jr
University of Pennsylvania
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Collusion, Antitrust, Competition Law, Penalties

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The Effect of Outsourcing Pricing Algorithms on Market Competition

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2021
Joseph E. Harrington Jr
University of Pennsylvania
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Algortithmic pricing, market competition, third party vendor

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Horizontal Price Exchanges

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2022
Joseph E. Harrington Jr and Christopher R. Leslie
University of Pennsylvania and University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Antitrust, collusion, information exchanges

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The Discontent Cartel Member and Cartel Collapse: The Case of the German Cement Cartel

ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 14-084
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Nov 2014
Joseph E. Harrington Jr, Kai Hüschelrath, Ulrich Laitenberger and Florian Smuda
University of Pennsylvania, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, Télécom Paris and ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
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Collusion, cartel, antitrust enforcement, cement

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When Can We Expect a Corporate Leniency Program to Result in Fewer Cartels?

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 26 Nov 2014
Joseph E. Harrington Jr and Myong-Hun Chang
University of Pennsylvania and Cleveland State University - Economics
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The Relative Efficacy of Price Announcements and Express Communication for Collusion: Experimental Findings

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 26 Nov 2014
Joseph E. Harrington Jr, Roberto Hernan Gonzalez and Praveen Kujal
University of Pennsylvania, Université de Bourgogne - Burgundy School of Business and Middlesex University
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Competition Policy and Cartel Size

International Economic Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Nov 2014
Iwan Bos and Joseph E. Harrington Jr
Maastricht University and University of Pennsylvania
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A Theory of Collusion with Partial Mutual Understanding

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 26 Nov 2014
Joseph E. Harrington Jr
University of Pennsylvania
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An Economic Test for an Unlawful Agreement to Adopt a Third-Party's Pricing Algorithm

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2023
Joseph E. Harrington Jr
University of Pennsylvania
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Collusion, Antitrust, Pricing Algorithms, Third Party Developers

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Competitor Coupons: A Remedy for Residual Collusion

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 18 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2023
Joseph E. Harrington Jr
University of Pennsylvania
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collusion, antitrust, competition policy