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Developing Competition Law for Collusion by Autonomous Price-Setting Agents

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Posted by Social Science Research Network

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    Developing Competition Law for Collusion by Autonomous Price-Setting Agents

    By Joseph E. Harrington Jr (University of Pennsylvania)

    Abstract:     After arguing that collusion by software programs which choose pricing rules without any human intervention is not in violation of section 1 of the Sherman Act, the paper offers a path towards making collusion by autonomous agents unlawful.

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