Design and Implementation of Screens and Their Use by Defendants

Over the last few years, economic analysis in general, and empirical screens in particular, have become increasingly important in cases of conspiracies and manipulations, a trend detailed for example in Abrantes-Metz & Bajari (2009, 2010), Hüschelrath (2010), and Laitenberger & Hüschelrath (2011). Competition authorities and other agencies worldwide have begun using screens to detect possible market conspiracies and manipulations, and defendants and pl