Cartel penalties and damages in Ireland: Criminalization and the case for custodial sentences

Criminalization of Competition Law Enforcement: Economic and Legal Implications for the EU Member States

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 270-289

  Calvani, Terry ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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