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Title: Antitrust Fines in Times of Crisis

Author(s): Natalia Fabra and Massimo Motta

Publication Date: January 2013

Keyword(s): antitrust fines, business cycles and managing incentives

Programme Area(s): Industrial Organization

Abstract: In a model in which firms can go bankrupt because of adverse market shocks or antitrust fines, we find that even large corporate fines may not be able to induce deterrence. Managerial penalties are thus needed. If the policy may be changed according to the state of the business cycle, then the optimal outcome can always be achieved through antitrust fines that are more severe in good times and more lenient in bad times. A time-independent policy may result in either too many bankruptcies or under-deterrence as compared to the optimal policy.

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Fabra, N and Motta, M. 2013. 'Antitrust Fines in Times of Crisis'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=9290