The Private International Cartels (PIC) Data Set comprises the largest known collection of legal-economic information on contemporary price-fixing cartels. This spreadsheet covers 1990 to 2012 economic data in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. It is accompanied by a Data Guide that details the scope, strengths, and limitations of the data. The Guide also analyses the size of injuries caused by and antitrust penalties imposed on contemporary price-fixing cartels.

Pages 2 and 3 of the spreadsheet show currency exchange rates and, importantly, a list of footnotes and abbreviations such as two-digit industry codes and alphabetic country codes.

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• John M. Connor (2020). Private International Cartels Full Data 2019 edition. (Version 2.0). Purdue University Research Repository. doi:10.4231/G5GZ-0505

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1. Agricultural Economics
2. Agricultural Economics (Dept)
3. Antitrust law
4. antitrust policy
5. bid rigging
6. Cartels
7. Collusion
8. competition law
9. corporate crimes
10. damages
11. fines
12. Industrial economics
13. oligopoly
14. overcharge
15. Penalties
16. Price fixing
17. recidivism
18. Trade regulation

The data were collected by John M. Connor from publicly available sources between the years 1990 and 2019. This is an updated dataset that contains additional data and updated information. The August 2019 Full Data Private International Cartels spreadsheet and related back-up spreadsheets are published under the sole responsibility of John M. Connor, Professor Emeritus, Purdue University.