We analyze whether price fixing firms modify their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
activities around the revelation of the corporate misconduct. Our paper is the first empirical …

The relative starring role of whistleblowing incidences in exposing the corporate
wrongdoings and money laundering to combat corruption impeding the development of the …

Cartel busting often results in the restructuring of boards of directors, presumably to remove
individuals (both executive and non-executive members) who may have been involved in …

We study the effects of cartel participation on top corporate managers. Although a strong
public interest exists in regulating price fixing, we find little evidence that either corporate …

After a new direct board connection is formed to a product market peer, a firm's gross margin
increases by 0.8 pp Gross margin also rises by 0.4 pp after a connection is formed to a peer …

We analyze the financial leverage of firms that collude to soften product market competition
by forming a cartel. We find that cartel firms have lower leverage during collusion periods …

We investigate the deterrent effects of securities law enforcement sanctions with different
levels of severity. Our setting is Australia's Continuous Disclosure Regulation, which …

Competition law infringements have been theorised to be a consequence of flawed
monitoring by the board of directors. The focus of European Union competition law on …

We provide empirical evidence that many multi-product firms have each participated in
several cartels over the past 50 years. Standard analysis of cartel conduct, as well as …

Using the 2010 prosecution of US technology firms engaging in anti-poaching agreements
as a shock, we study the impact of labor market collusion on corporate hiring and innovation …