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    International Cartels

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    INTRODUCTION A cartel is a group of formally independent producers whose goal it is to fix prices‚ to limit supply and to limit competition. Cartels are prohibited by antitrust laws in most countries; however‚ they continue to exist nationally and internationally‚ formally and informally. A single entity that holds a monopoly cannot be a cartel‚ though it may be guilty of abusing said monopoly in other ways. As such‚ it is inaccurate to describe (for example) Microsoft or AT&T as cartels. Cartels usually

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    “OPEC As a CARTEL” There are two kinds of extreme market structure and they are perfect competition and imperfect competition. In a perfectly competitive market there are many numbers of sellers and many numbers of buyers selling and buying homogeneous products‚ therefore there is very little impact of a single buyer or seller changing the price of his/her product. In an imperfect competitive market there are few sellers and these sellers have some control over the prices and output of the

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    Cartel Theory of Oligopoly A cartel is defined as a group of firms that gets together to make output and price decisions. The conditions that give rise to an oligopolistic market are also conducive to the formation of a cartel; in particular‚ cartels tend to arise in markets where there are few firms and each firm has a significant share of the market. In the U.S.‚ cartels are illegal; however‚ internationally‚ there are no restrictions on cartel formation. The organization of petroleum-exporting

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    Drug Cartel? An illicit cartel to control the production and distribution of narcotics drugs to a certain location‚ (freedictonry.com). Why is this affecting our community? A drug cartel is not just transportation for drugs; it’s also a source for prostitution‚ which that brings a negative vibe in a community. Also A lot of young men in Mexico joins the cartel due to poorness and resources‚ like drugs and girls. Till this day Mexico is still in war with the cartels. First of all‚ Cartels have been

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    A cartel is a formal (explicit) "agreement" among competing firms. It is a formal organization of producers and manufacturers that agree to fix prices‚ marketing‚ and production.[1] Cartels usually occur in an oligopolistic industry‚ where the number of sellers is small (usually because barriers to entry‚ most notably startup costs‚ are high) and the products being traded are usually homogeneous. Cartel members may agree on such matters as price fixing‚ total industry output‚ market shares‚ allocation

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    Alan S. Blinder. (2005) Economic Principles and Policy: Thomson South-Western Fiona Carmichael. (2005) A Guide to Game Theory: Pearson Education Andrew F. Daughety. (1988) Cournot Oligopoly: Cambridge University Press Peter Z. Grossman. (2004) How Cartels Endure and How they fail: Edward Elgar Publishing

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    There are a number of factors that sustaining a cartel.  Firstly‚ if there are few firms involved‚ it is easy to monitor each other in terms of quantity and price setting. It is easy to detect because it is observable if one firm’s Market share has risen‚ especially where there are a larger number of firms involved.   Secondly‚ a cartel is more stable in markets where price and quantity are easy to observe. If a Market has frequent change in demand‚ input costs and other factors‚ then the price

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    Anti Trust Law and Cartel

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    Anti trust laws and cartels. Competition in economics is rivalry in supplying or acquiring an economic service or good. Sellers compete with other sellers‚ and buyers with other buyers. In its perfect form‚ there is competition among many small buyers and sellers‚ none of whom is too large to affect the market as a whole; in practice‚ competition is often reduced by a great variety of limitations‚ including monopolies. The monopoly‚ a limit on competition‚ is an example of market failure. Competition

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    Drug Cartels in Mexico

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    Mexican Modern War There are seven drug cartels in Mexico (CRS 1). The most important cartels are Sinaloa and Juarez. The Sinaloa cartel operates in the states of Nayarit‚ Sinaloa and Mexico State (Reforma 1). The Juarez cartel operates in Sinaloa‚ Nuevo León‚ Chihuahua‚ Jalisco‚ Morelos; and Quintana Roo. Mexican cartels employ individuals and groups of enforcers‚ known as sicarios. Statistics show that more than twenty people are killed daily in Ciudad Juarez‚ Chihuahua in crimes related

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    CASE STUDY: HARD CORE CARTELS Cartel refers to a group of firms producing substitute goods that collude or conspire to increase prices and its own profits‚ by lowering production and/or sharing markets or customers. Figure 1 below shows examples of recent price fixing cases from various countries. (Figure 1) These industries either have a market structure in which a small number of inter-dependent firms dominating the industry‚ that of a oligopoly‚ or are firms

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