Tel Aviv University Legal Working Paper Series

Tel Aviv University Law Faculty Papers

 

Partial cross ownership and tacit collusion

David Gilo
Yossi Moshe
Yossi Spiegel

Abstract

This paper examines the effects that passive investments in rival firms have on the incentives of firms to engage in tacit collusion. In general, these incentives depend in a complex way on the entire partial cross ownership (PCO) structure in the industry. We establish necessary and sufficient conditions for PCO arrangements to facilitate tacit collusion and also examine how tacit collusion is affected when firms’ controllers make direct passive investments in rival firms.

Subject Area

Commercial Law

Recommended Citation

David Gilo, Yossi Moshe, and Yossi Spiegel, "Partial cross ownership and tacit collusion" (August 2004). Tel Aviv University Legal Working Paper Series. Tel Aviv University Law Faculty Papers. Working Paper 2.
http://law.bepress.com/taulwps/fp/art2

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