This paper revisits a particular case involvingtwo dairy processing companies accused ofrigging bids in northern Kentucky schooldistricts during the 1980s. Evidence andarguments presented to support a conclusion ofovert collusion are reassessed. Analyses ofincumbency rates, market shares, bid levels, biddispersions, bid distance relationships, exactbidding differentials, and

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indicate that the two dairies may have beenengaged in tacit collusion instead of overt collusion.
Bid rigging - dairy industry - price fixing - sealed-bid auctions