The complex relationship between globalization and European integration was largely
shaped in the 1970s. During this decade, globalization began, for the first time, to threaten …

For instance, in 2007 Levenstein and Salant published a reader of contributions the cartel
question (Levenstein and Salant (eds.)[2007]). In the same year, I was invited to provide the …

Aluminium was one of most cartelised industries in the international economic panorama of
the 20th century. Born following the discovery of electrolytic smelting process in 1886, this …

This introduction to the special issue on business responses to European competition policy
considers the development of research in the field of European competition policy. It is …

Legislation that required the registration of firms' anticompetitive agreements (cartel
registers) to reveal, and sometimes regulate, anticompetitive behavior was relatively …

The Political Economy of International Commodity Cartels examines how international
commodity cartels in the 1930s were impacted not only by commercial rivalry, but also by …

This article analyses the mechanics and the political stakes of multilateral trade negotiations
in the League of Nations, in the context of the transition from empires to nation states. It …

This article describes the features of the international mercury market during the first half of
the twentieth century. It analyzes the various market agreements made, their effectiveness …

The varieties of capitalism framework highlights the governance of firms' competitive
behaviour as a key aspect of state-business relations. This article examines changes in the …

A hundred years ago European decision-makers usually supported cartelization. Only after
the Second World War did support for cartels change, evolving first to a neutral and then to a …