In the Yearbook on Digitalization and Law 2024, Franziska Guggi discusses the possibilities of computational antitrust for uncovering bid rigging, especially against the background of the Austrian construction cartel. She argues that cartel screens, as for example used by the Swiss competition authority, could also prove useful for the Austrian Federal Competition Authority in its future work. Both the large amount of data obtained from the investigations into the construction cartel and the requirements of the Austrian Federal Procurement Act, which calls for the publication of results for certain tenders, provide a good basis for such efforts. The Yearbook can be obtained here.
