Resumen de Blowing The Whistle

José Apesteguia, Martín Dufwengerg, Reinhard Selten

• Leniency clauses, offering cartelists legal immunity if they blow the whistle on each other, is a recent anti-trust innovation. The authorities wish to thwart cartelsand promote competition. This effect is not evident, however; whistle-blowing mayenforce trust and collusion by providing a tool for cartelists to punish each other. Weexamine the impact of leniency law, and other rules, theoretically and experimentally.