International Cartel Enforcement: Lessons from the 1990s

Cartel Enforcement with Uncertainty about Costs

What cartel agreements are possible when firms have private information about production costs? For private cost uncertainty we characterize the set of cartel agreements that can be supported, recognizing incentive and participation constraints. If defection results in either Cournot or Bertrand competition, the incentive problem in large cartels is severe enough to prevent the cartel from achi...

Enforcement Actions : Lessons Learned

Beyond customary business diligence, mergers in the healthcare arena must clear an array of federal and state regulatory hurdles and compliance risks that have grown more pronounced in recent years. Primary challenge are posed by: > Antitrust issues > Licensing and compliance practices > Data privacy and security > Payment and revenue stability > Cultural fit and post-merger integration managin...

Fisheries observers as enforcement assets: Lessons from the North Pacific

Fisheries observers can both collect scientific data and report on compliance with fisheries regulations. Observers are used only for scientific purposes in most US fisheries. However, North Pacific groundfish fisheries observers are required to report violations of fisheries regulations that they witness. Based on evaluation of historical enforcement incidents and survey data, this paper consi...

State Challenges to Federal Enforcement of Immigration Law: From the Mid-1990s to the Present

Balkan International Migration in the 1990s