Upstream collusion with down stream compensation
Organizer
Department of Economics, Lingnan University
Event Title
Document Type
Public Seminar
Date
1-26-2021
Time
10:30 a.m. -- 12:00 p.m.
Department
Economics
Description
Many cartels exist in supply chains with powerful buyers. These buyers have incentive and information to report the cartels to the antitrust authorities or sue the cartel members. Therefore, successful upstream collusions not only need to prevent the collusive members from deviating, but also have to compensate the downstream firms. Using repeat game, this paper studies the stability of upstream collusion, taking into account the downstream compensation. Different from the standard collusion theory, the relationship between cartel incidence and market concentration is likely to be nonmonotonic, or it is the inverted U-shape.
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Yao, Z. (2021, January 26). Upstream collusion with down stream compensation [Video podcast]. Retrieved from https://commons.ln.edu.hk/videos/853/
Additional Information
Speaker Biography
Zhiyong Yao, Associate Professor of Economics, School of Management, Fudan University. He’s got his BA and MA from Beijing University, PhD from UCLA. He studies and teaches Industrial Economics, Managerial Economics, and Financial Economics. He’s published in academic Journals, such as Rand Journal of Economics, Journal of Mathematical Economics, etc.