卡特爾行為合意與法律效果關聯之驗證：市場競爭能力的角色

A Validation of the Relationships between Mutual Understanding and Legal Effect on Cartel: The Role of Market’s Competition Ability

本研究採取競爭模型，驗證卡特爾行為之合意、市場競爭能力與法律效果間之關係，藉以釐清我國公平交易法第7 條規範與法學領域效果說間之缺口。因此，本研究有別過去競爭法相關文獻只重視法律關係，而是整合了管理領域研究精神屬於跨領域研究。故蒐集我國公平交易委員會2000 年至2010 年間卡特爾行為案例共116 件作為樣本，經由相關統計分析工具驗證，得到完全中介模型(F-M-M)為最適模型，市場競爭能力具有完全中介效果，公平交易法第7 條之規範被實證支持；同時也驗證法律效果與其他變數間之關係，具有顯著解釋能力。以上實證結果，可以提供競爭法主管機關及實務界處理類似案件時參考。

This paper employs competing models to validate the relationships among a mutual understanding, a market’s competition ability, and a legal effect on cartel, to explain the gap between the regulations of article 7 of Taiwan Fair Trade Law and the effect doctrine of legal area. The study is a crossing area research, it integrated the research spirit of managerial domain, and different from previous related documents of competitive law, which were concerned only with law relationships. A research sample of 116 cases, from 2000 to 2010, is sourced from the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission, and statistical analysis is conducted for validation. The results confirm that the most fitness model is a full mediated model (F-M-M), the market’s competition ability occupies full mediated effect, and the regulations of the article 7 of Taiwan Fair Trade Law are supported. Also, the significantly explanatory capabilities are validated by the relationships between the legal effect and the other variables. The findings can provide references to an authority of competition law and a business for handling similar cases.