[VCEE Seminar] VCEE Seminar, April 12, with Lisa Bruttel - Invitation

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Dear members and friends of the VCEE,

You are invited to attend the VCEE seminar on Friday April 12, 2024, from
10:30 to 12:00 hrs Vienna time. 

The seminar takes place in Hörsaal 2 (ground floor) at
Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1.

We will have one speaker: Lisa Bruttel (University Potsdam).

Webpage:  <https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/vwl-mwi/team/bruttel>
https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/vwl-mwi/team/bruttel

 

Here is more information about the talk:

 

Title: Communicating Cartel Intentions

 

Abstract:
This paper provides experimental evidence on what exactly defines a
price-fixing cartel. In a duopoly experiment, treatments vary whether firms
are informed about their competitor's  intention to communicate or not, and
whether the availability of a communication channel depends on the firms'
mutual willingness to communicate or not. We find that the information of
the mutual willingness to communicate leads to a strong increase in prices,
which doubles the cartel-facilitating effect of communication itself.
Conversely, the information of a lack of mutual willingness to communicate
completely nullifies its cartel-facilitating effect.


 
If you are interested in meeting the speaker after the seminar (meeting
slots of 30’, room no 05.303) please register via the time planner link
below:
 

https://nuudel.digitalcourage.de/LcGMW3Zy6AJrois1

 
 

 

Best regards,

Sylvia Vosatka

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Department of Economics

University of Vienna

Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1

1090 Vienna, Austria

Phone: +43 1 4277 37408

 

 
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