The Impact of Collusion on Price Behavior: Empirical Results from Two Recent Cases
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_________________________________________________________________________ * The authors are Ph.D. Candidate, Professor, and Assistant Professor, respectively. Contact author is Yuliya Bolotova. Research for this paper was supported in part by the Edmund S. Muskie Ph.D. Fellowship Program, a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, administered by the American Councils for International Education (ACTR/ACCELS). The opinions expressed in the paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily express the views of either ECA or American Councils.
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