Illegality of Tacit Collusion in Russian Antitrust Legislation: Could Economists Be Useful to Generate Legal Rules?

2011 ◽  
pp. 87-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Avdasheva
Keyword(s):  
Tacit Collusion ◽  
Type I ◽  
Type I Errors ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Monopoly Price ◽  
Concerted Practice ◽  
Standards Of Proof ◽  
Antitrust Legislation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Abuse Of Dominance

The article is devoted to antitrust policy towards tacit collusion as a form of coordination that restricts competition. Competing approaches to define tacit collusion, i.e. concerted practice and excessive monopoly price as an abuse of dominance, are compared. The evidence that allows to reject the hypothesis on concerted practice as a form of tacit collusion is discussed and compared with the criteria used by Russian antitrust authorities to consider practice as concerted. The standards of proof adopted leave the possibility for type I errors when actions of sellers which had no intention to restrict competition and/or coordinate the prices are qualified as illegal. Moreover, there is a possibility to qualify as illegal the actions that do not comply with the definition of concerted practice in the law "On protection of competition".

The Role of the Judicial System for the Development of Competition (The Antitrust Legislation and Its Implementation)

2011 ◽  
pp. 114-124
Author(s):  
P. Kryuchkova
Keyword(s):  
Judicial System ◽  
Tacit Collusion ◽  
Antitrust Law ◽  
Judicial Process ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Standards Of Proof ◽  
Antitrust Legislation ◽  
High Standards ◽  
The One

The article is devoted to the influence of the judicial system on the competition development in Russia. The role of the judicial system in forming acceptable standards of proof in antitrust cases, in decreasing uncertainty in the antitrust law implementation is discussed. The issue of possible increase of the role of antitrust law private enforcement is also discussed. The article argues that the influence of the judicial system on antitrust law implementation and competition is ambiguous. On the one hand, there are some positive effects from decreasing uncertainty in the law implementation, rather high standards of proof in the majority of antitrust cases, really adversary character of the judicial process. On the other hand, the judicial authorities position on some issues, for instance qualification of tacit collusion, has turned for the worse. The serious problem is lowering the standards of proof in some politically committed cases.

A General Experimentwise Error Rate for Multiple Significance Tests

1976 ◽  
Vol 43 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1263-1277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley J. Rule
Keyword(s):  
Error Rate ◽  
Current Method ◽  
Fundamental Importance ◽  
Type I ◽  
Significance Tests ◽  
Type I Errors ◽  
Systematic Method ◽  
Experimentwise Error Rate ◽  
Comparison Error ◽  
Definition Of

No current method of controlling error rate is appropriate for all experiments. When the error rate is set at traditional levels a per comparison error rate can yield too high a proportion of Type I errors, while an experimentwise error rate can be too conservative because the purpose of the experiment is not taken into account. A definition of error rate is proposed in which the number of significant outcomes needed to answer the question of interest is considered and a distinction is made between tests of fundamental importance and those of only subsidiary interest. The definition provides a systematic method of unequally allotting the error rate such that more power is provided for tests of crucial interest and for experiments in which several significant results are required.

Economics of Criminal Sanctions on Antitrust Law Violation

2010 ◽  
pp. 129-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Avdasheva ◽  
A. Shastitko
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Type I ◽  
Antitrust Law ◽  
Type I Errors ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Criminal Sanctions ◽  
The Given

As of October 30, 2009 changes and amendments in the content of the article 178 of the Criminal Code of Russian Federation have been enacted. They allow to extend the use of criminal sanctions against violators of antitrust law in order to make the enforcement of legal rules supporting competition more effective. At the same time mistakes in the process of enforcement can decrease the efficiency of antitrust in the sense that under the given level of deterrence the burden of type I errors will be higher than the acceptable one. The goal of the article is to discuss the circumstances that can influence the effectiveness of criminal liability.

Heteroscedastic Methods for Performing All Pairwise Comparisons of Regression Lines Associated With J Independent Groups

Methodology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 110-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rand R. Wilcox ◽  
Jinxia Ma
Keyword(s):  
Least Squares ◽  
Pairwise Comparisons ◽  
Simple Extension ◽  
Type I ◽  
Type I Errors ◽  
Well Elderly ◽  
Using Data

Abstract. The paper compares methods that allow both within group and between group heteroscedasticity when performing all pairwise comparisons of the least squares lines associated with J independent groups. The methods are based on simple extension of results derived by Johansen (1980) and Welch (1938) in conjunction with the HC3 and HC4 estimators. The probability of one or more Type I errors is controlled using the improvement on the Bonferroni method derived by Hochberg (1988) . Results are illustrated using data from the Well Elderly 2 study, which motivated this paper.

Consequences of Going-Concern Opinion Inaccuracy at the Audit Office Level

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-208
Author(s):  
Qiao Xu ◽  
Rachana Kalelkar
Keyword(s):  
Market Share ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Type I ◽  
Type I Errors ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Big 4 ◽  
Office Market ◽  
Going Concern Opinion ◽  
Office Level

SUMMARY This paper examines whether inaccurate going-concern opinions negatively affect the audit office's reputation. Assuming that clients perceive the incidence of going-concern opinion errors as a systematic audit quality concern within the entire audit office, we expect these inaccuracies to impact the audit office market share and dismissal rate. We find that going-concern opinion inaccuracy is negatively associated with the audit office market share and is positively associated with the audit office dismissal rate. Furthermore, we find that the decline in market share and the increase in dismissal rate are primarily associated with Type I errors. Additional analyses reveal that the negative consequence of going-concern opinion inaccuracy is lower for Big 4 audit offices. Finally, we find that the decrease in the audit office market share is explained by the distressed clients' reactions to Type I errors and audit offices' lack of ability to attract new clients.

scholarly journals A 5′ splice site mutation affecting the pre-mRNA splicing of two upstream exons in the collagen COL1A1 gene. Exon 8 skipping and altered definition of exon 7 generates truncated proα1(I) chains with a non-collagenous insertion destabilizing the triple helix

1994 ◽  
Vol 302 (3) ◽  
pp. 729-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
J F Bateman ◽  
D Chan ◽  
I Moeller ◽  
M Hannagan ◽  
W G Cole
Keyword(s):  
Splice Site ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Donor Site ◽  
Mrna Splicing ◽  
Splice Donor Site ◽  
Sequence Motif ◽  
Type I ◽  
Splice Donor ◽  
Site Mutation ◽  
Definition Of

A heterozygous de novo G to A point mutation in intron 8 at the +5 position of the splice donor site of the gene for the pro alpha 1(I) chain of type I procollagen, COL1A1, was defined in a patient with type IV osteogenesis imperfecta. The splice donor site mutation resulted not only in the skipping of the upstream exon 8 but also unexpectedly had the secondary effect of activating a cryptic splice site in the next upstream intron, intron 7, leading to re-definition of the 3′ limit of exon 7. These pre-mRNA splicing aberrations cause the deletion of exon 8 sequences from the mature mRNA and the inclusion of 96 bp of intron 7 sequence. Since the mis-splicing of the mutant allele product resulted in the maintenance of the correct codon reading frame, the resultant pro alpha 1(I) chain contained a short non-collagenous 32-amino-acid sequence insertion within the repetitive Gly-Xaa-Yaa collagen sequence motif. At the protein level, the mutant alpha 1(I) chain was revealed by digestion with pepsin, which cleaved the mutant procollagen within the protease-sensitive non-collagenous insertion, producing a truncated alpha 1(I). This protease sensitivity demonstrated the structural distortion to the helical structure caused by the insertion. In long-term culture with ascorbic acid, which stimulates the formation of a mature crosslinked collagen matrix, and in tissues, there was no evidence of the mutant chain, suggesting that during matrix formation the mutant chain was unable to stably incorporated into the matrix and was degraded proteolytically.

scholarly journals An Improved Progressive TIN Densification Filtering Method Considering the Density and Standard Variance of Point Clouds

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youqiang Dong ◽  
Ximin Cui ◽  
Li Zhang ◽  
Haibin Ai
Keyword(s):  
Point Clouds ◽  
High Density ◽  
Type I ◽  
Densification Process ◽  
Type I Errors ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Standard Variance ◽  
Triangular Irregular Network ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Type Ii Errors

The progressive TIN (triangular irregular network) densification (PTD) filter algorithm is widely used for filtering point clouds. In the PTD algorithm, the iterative densification parameters become smaller over the entire process of filtering. This leads to the performance—especially the type I errors of the PTD algorithm—being poor for point clouds with high density and standard variance. Hence, an improved PTD filtering algorithm for point clouds with high density and variance is proposed in this paper. This improved PTD method divides the iterative densification process into two stages. In the first stage, the iterative densification process of the PTD algorithm is used, and the two densification parameters become smaller. When the density of points belonging to the TIN is higher than a certain value (in this paper, we define this density as the standard variance intervention density), the iterative densification process moves into the second stage. In the second stage, a new iterative densification strategy based on multi-scales is proposed, and the angle threshold becomes larger. The experimental results show that the improved PTD algorithm can effectively reduce the type I errors and total errors of the DIM point clouds by 7.53% and 4.09%, respectively, compared with the PTD algorithm. Although the type II errors increase slightly in our improved method, the wrongly added objective points have little effect on the accuracy of the generated DSM. In short, our improved PTD method perfects the classical PTD method and offers a better solution for filtering point clouds with high density and standard variance.

scholarly journals Implementation of Normative Intelligence Policy In Immigration View

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-116
Author(s):  
Olyvia Sindiawaty ◽  
Mercy Marvel
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
State Government ◽  
The State ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Immigration Enforcement ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
State Security ◽  
The Future ◽  
Definition Of

Intelligence Policy has often been heard in the realm of law, especially with government agencies held in Indonesia. One of them is the immigration agency, which is under the auspices of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights. The implementation of the policy is still minimal, although in fact it is contained in article 1 of Law No. 6 of 2011 number 30, as well as article 74. There are still many that need to be addressed, both in the applicable legal rules and with implementation in the field. The fact that sometimes the Immigration Officer is sometimes mixed in its own definition of intelligence and oversight. Are they the same or different and how to distinguish the two. Recognizing the fact that immigration is increasingly compacted by traffic activities in and out of foreigners and citizens and their supervision, a qualified intelligence is needed in maintaining the upholding of the country's sovereignty. It is an obligation, especially for immigration to safeguard the country as stated in the immigration function, is part of the affairs of the state government in providing Immigration services, law enforcement, state security, and community welfare development facilitators. Therefore, immigration should take part in enforcing supervision and security of the state in the field of law. Immigration intelligence which is under the auspices of the Directorate of Intelligence and immigration enforcement should need to be developed more thoroughly as a whole. So, it is hoped that in the future the Indonesian state will have total sovereignty over the country and its own people.

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