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Economics of Leniency Program
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2007-8-68-79
Abstract
The article is devoted to explaining economic background as well as evaluation of opportunities, risks and expected results for leniency program within the context of Russian antimonopoly law changes. It describes the main idea of the said program, the set of questions to be resolved in the process of designing and implementing the program of reducing punishment of cartel participants in exchange for cooperation with antimonopoly bodies.
About the Author
A. Shastitko
Bureau of Economic Analysis Foundation; Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Shastitko A. Economics of Leniency Program. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2007;(8):68-79. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2007-8-68-79
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