Comments on: The European Commission wants to know: How Effective is your Antitrust Regulator? http://www.antitrustreview.com/archives/1058 News and commentary about antitrust, economics, technology, policy Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:06:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Paolo Buccirossi http://www.antitrustreview.com/archives/1058#comment-9058 Paolo Buccirossi Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:35:47 +0000 http://www.antitrustreview.com/archives/1058#comment-9058 <p>I am one of the authors of the survey and so I want to thank you for spreading this news. I just want to add that indeed we are interested in the perception of experienced antitrust lawyers and economists and in ascertaing how this perception varied over time. This is so because economic theory posits that firm are deterred from undertaking unlawful conducts if the expected sanction is above the expected gain from the illegal behavior. Since the expected sanction depends on the perceived probability of being detected, we want to get information on this perception. In any case we are not going to draw firm conclusions only on the data we will collect through the questionnaire, as the survey is just part of a much wider exercise. Finally, just to provide all the relevant information to the readers, we have a questionnaire for the competition lawyers, that can be reached through the link you provide, and one for the competition economists that can be reached through the following url: http://www.learlab.it/surveyec.htm.</p> <p>Thanks again.</p> <p>Paolo</p> I am one of the authors of the survey and so I want to thank you for spreading this news. I just want to add that indeed we are interested in the perception of experienced antitrust lawyers and economists and in ascertaing how this perception varied over time. This is so because economic theory posits that firm are deterred from undertaking unlawful conducts if the expected sanction is above the expected gain from the illegal behavior. Since the expected sanction depends on the perceived probability of being detected, we want to get information on this perception. In any case we are not going to draw firm conclusions only on the data we will collect through the questionnaire, as the survey is just part of a much wider exercise. Finally, just to provide all the relevant information to the readers, we have a questionnaire for the competition lawyers, that can be reached through the link you provide, and one for the competition economists that can be reached through the following url: http://www.learlab.it/surveyec.htm.

Thanks again.

Paolo

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