Colluding Against Environmental Regulation

dc.coverageDOI: 10.1093/restud/rdaf024
dc.creatorAlé-Chilet, Jorge
dc.creatorChen, Cuicui
dc.creatorLi, Jing
dc.creatorReynaert, Mathias
dc.date2025
dc.date.accessioned46027,75677
dc.date.available46027,75677
dc.descriptionWe study collusion among firms against imperfectly monitored environmental regulation. Firms increase variable profits by violating regulation and reduce expected noncompliance penalties by violating jointly. We consider a case of three German automakers colluding to reduce the effectiveness of emissions control technology. By estimating a structural model of the European automobile industry from 2007 to 2018, we find that collusion lowers expected noncompliance penalties substantially and increases buyer and producer surplus. Due to increased pollution, welfare decreases by € 1.57–5.57 billion. We show how environmental policy design and antitrust play complementary roles in preventing noncompliance.spa
dc.identifierhttps://investigadores.uandes.cl/en/publications/7721c0da-4a26-4889-996e-4c556818dfb5
dc.languagespa
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.source(2025)
dc.titleColluding Against Environmental Regulationspa
dc.typeArticleeng
dc.typeArtículospa
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