Hub-and-spoke cartels involve agreements between a common party (the "hub") and two or more other parties (the "spokes"). The hub facilitates anti-competitive agreements between the spokes without direct communication between the spokes themselves. This allows the spokes to coordinate pricing and other competitive behaviors in violation of antitrust laws while maintaining "plausible deniability" about direct collusion between the spokes.
Hub-and-spoke cartels involve agreements between a common party (the "hub") and two or more other parties (the "spokes"). The hub facilitates anti-competitive agreements between the spokes without direct communication between the spokes themselves. This allows the spokes to coordinate pricing and other competitive behaviors in violation of antitrust laws while maintaining "plausible deniability" about direct collusion between the spokes.
Hub-and-spoke cartels involve agreements between a common party (the "hub") and two or more other parties (the "spokes"). The hub facilitates anti-competitive agreements between the spokes without direct communication between the spokes themselves. This allows the spokes to coordinate pricing and other competitive behaviors in violation of antitrust laws while maintaining "plausible deniability" about direct collusion between the spokes.