Margaret C. Levenstein

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center

Research Professor and Executive Director, Michigan Census Research Data Center

500 S. State Street

Ann Arbor, MI 48109

United States

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~maggiel

The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, Business Economics and Public Policy

Adjunct Professor of Business Economics

Ann Arbor, MI 48109

United States

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1.

What Determines Cartel Success?

Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2006
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 10 Feb 2002 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2009
Margaret C. Levenstein and Valerie Y. Suslow
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School
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cartel, price-fixing, collusion, antitrust, competition policy, price war

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Cartels and Collusion - Empirical Evidence

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1182
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 30 Nov 2012
Margaret C. Levenstein and Valerie Y. Suslow
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School
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cartels, collusion, antitrust, competition

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International Cartel Enforcement: Lessons from the 1990s

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 03 Apr 2001
Simon J. Evenett, Margaret C. Levenstein and Valerie Y. Suslow
University of Oxford - Said Business School, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School
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Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Determinants of Cartel Duration

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1150
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 16 Sep 2010
Margaret C. Levenstein and Valerie Y. Suslow
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School
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international cartels, price fixing, collusion, organization

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The Changing International Status of Export Cartel Exemptions

American University International Law Review, Vol. 20, No. 3, Ross School of Business Paper No. 897
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Nov 2004 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2009
Margaret C. Levenstein and Valerie Y. Suslow
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School
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Competition policy, antitrust, collusion, market access, exporting trading company act, Webb-Pomerene act

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Mobilizing Venture Capital During the Second Industrial Revolution: Cleveland, Ohio, 1870 - 1920

Capitalism and Society, Vol. 1, Issue 3, Article 5, 2006
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 23 Jan 2013
Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Margaret C. Levenstein and Kenneth L. Sokoloff
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Yale University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Price-Fixing Hits Home: An Empirical Study of U.S. Price Fixing Conspiracies

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1290
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Nov 2015
Margaret C. Levenstein and Valerie Y. Suslow
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School
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cartel duration, cartel formation, leniency, antitrust, competition policy

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Zone Overlap and Collaboration in Academic Biomedicine: A Functional Proximity Approach to Socio-Spatial Network Analysis

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1184
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Jan 2013
Felichism Kabo, Yongha Hwang, Margaret C. Levenstein and Jason Owen-Smith
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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physical proximity, social networks, scientific collaboration, functional distance, relationship formation

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The Economic Impact of the U.S. Export Trading Company Act

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1036, Antitrust Law Journal , Vol. 27, No. 2, 2007
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 29 May 2015
Margaret C. Levenstein and Valerie Y. Suslow
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School
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Export cartel, antitrust, Export Trading Company Act, Webb-Pomerene Act

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Swimming in Pools: Collusion in the Salmon Market

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Research Paper No. 23-05, “Swimming in Pools: Collusion in the Salmon Market” Danial Asmat, Margaret C. Levenstein, Valerie Y. Suslow, and Helen Wang, The Antitrust Bulletin 68:1 https://doi.org/10.1177/0003603X221150368.
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 18 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2023
Danial Asmat, Margaret C. Levenstein, Valerie Y. Suslow and Zhihan (Helen) Wang
Spotify Economics, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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antitrust, price-fixing, cartels, vertical Integration, price index, salmon industry

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The Local Economic Impact of Science Spending: Evidence from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1383
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 22 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2019
Yulia Chhabra, Margaret C. Levenstein and Jason Owen-Smith
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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federal spending, fiscal multiplier, R&D, science, research, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

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International Price-Fixing Cartels and Developing Countries: A Discussion of Effects and Policy Remedies

NBER Working Paper No. w9511
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 26 Feb 2003 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2022
Margaret C. Levenstein, Valerie Y. Suslow and Lynda J. Oswald
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Financing Invention During the Second Industrial Revolution: Cleveland, Ohio, 1870-1920

NBER Working Paper No. w10923
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 13 Dec 2004 Last Revised: 08 May 2022
Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Margaret C. Levenstein and Kenneth L. Sokoloff
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Yale University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Strategic Use of Public Price Indexes as a Collusive Device

CPI Antitrust Chronicle, July 2023
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 30 Oct 2023
Margaret C. Levenstein and Valerie Y. Suslow
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School
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Antitrust, price-fixing, cartels, collusion, price index, information sharing

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Using Social Media to Measure Labor Market Flows

NBER Working Paper No. w20010
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 31 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2022
Dolan Antenucci, Michael Cafarella, Margaret C. Levenstein, Christopher Ré and Matthew D. Shapiro
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center, Stanford University and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics
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Price Wars and the Stability of Collusion: A Study of the Pre-World War I Bromine Industry

NBER Working Paper No. h0050
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 13 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2023
Margaret C. Levenstein
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center
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Vertical Restraints in the Bromine Cartel: The Role of Distributors in Facilitating Collusion

NBER Working Paper No. h0049
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2022
Margaret C. Levenstein
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center
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The 2023 Merger Guidelines and Coordinated Effects: Recommendations for Robust Protection of Competition

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Research Paper No. 24-11, George Mason Law Review, 2023 Merger Guidelines, Vol. 31, 2024, pp. 999-1018
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 Sep 2024
Margaret C. Levenstein and Valerie Y. Suslow
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School
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mergers, merger guidelines, coordinated effects, merger guidelines, coordinated effects

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Cartels and Vertical Restraints: Horizontal and Vertical Working in Tandem

Antitrust Law Journal, Vol. 83, No. 1, 2020, pp. 15-40.
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Dec 2023 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2023
Margaret C. Levenstein and Valerie Y. Suslow
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School
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antitrust, price-fixing, cartels, collusion, vertical restraints

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Finding Needles in Haystacks: Multiple-Imputation Record Linkage Using Machine Learning

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 22-11
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 Oct 2022
John M. Abowd, Joelle Abramowitz, Margaret C. Levenstein, Kristin McCue, Dhiren Patki, Trivellore Raghunathan, Ann Michelle Rodgers, Matthew D. Shapiro, Nada Wasi and Dawn Zinsser
Cornell University Department of Economics, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center, Government of the United States of America - Bureau of the Census, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics, Bank of Thailand and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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administrative data, machine learning, multiple imputation, probabilistic record linkage, survey data

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Crowdsourcing Digital Public Goods: A Field Experiment on Metadata Contributions

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 05 Nov 2024
Linfeng Li, Yan Chen, Margaret C. Levenstein and Lars Vilhuber
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Information, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Information, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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metadata, digital public goods, field experiment

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How Do Cartels Use Vertical Restraints? Reflections on Bork's the Antitrust Paradox

Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 57, No. S3, The Contributions of Robert Bork to Antitrust Economics (August 2014), pp. S33-S50, Ross School of Business Paper No. 1231
Posted: 05 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 30 May 2015
Margaret C. Levenstein and Valerie Y. Suslow
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Robert Bork, Antitrust Paradox, collusion, cartel, vertical restraints, resale price maintenance, distribution, ancillary agreements, price fixing

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The Effect of Competition on Trade Patterns: Evidence from the Collapse of International Cartels

International Journal of Industrial Organization Volume 39, March 2015, Pages 56–70, Ross School of Business Paper No. 1147
Posted: 23 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2015
Margaret C. Levenstein, Jagadeesh Sivadasan and Valerie Y. Suslow
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Multimarket collusion, gravity, cross-hauling, cartels, market allocation, antitrust policy