| Publication type: | Conference other |
| Type of review: | Not specified |
| Title: | Do cartels undermine economic efficiency |
| Authors: | Günster, Andrea Carree, Martin van Dijk, Mathijs |
| et. al: | No |
| Conference details: | 36th EARIE Annual Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 3-5 September 2009 |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Subject (DDC): | 338: Production |
| Abstract: | This paper examines how the formation and termination of cartels affect the performance and efficiency of their member firms. We identify 142 publicly listed firms active in 49 European cartels between 1983 and 2004. We construct empirical measures for the performance of the cartel firms to investigate three types of economic inefficiency: allocative inefficiency (assessed by profitability), productive or x-inefficiency (labor productivity), and dynamic inefficiency (innovation, measured by R&D investments). We find that profitability is higher and productivity and R&D investments are lower during the cartel period. All three types of inefficiency worsen over the cartel period and are especially pronounced for the ringleader. In sum, cartels are associated with deteriorating allocative, productive, and dynamic efficiency. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/18279 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | School of Management and Law |
| Organisational Unit: | Center for Economic Policy (FWP) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Günster, A., Carree, M., & van Dijk, M. (2009). Do cartels undermine economic efficiency. 36th EARIE Annual Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 3-5 September 2009.
Günster, A., Carree, M. and van Dijk, M. (2009) ‘Do cartels undermine economic efficiency’, in 36th EARIE Annual Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 3-5 September 2009.
A. Günster, M. Carree, and M. van Dijk, “Do cartels undermine economic efficiency,” in 36th EARIE Annual Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 3-5 September 2009, 2009.
GÜNSTER, Andrea, Martin CARREE und Mathijs VAN DIJK, 2009. Do cartels undermine economic efficiency. In: 36th EARIE Annual Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 3-5 September 2009. Conference presentation. 2009
Günster, Andrea, Martin Carree, and Mathijs van Dijk. 2009. “Do Cartels Undermine Economic Efficiency.” Conference presentation. In 36th EARIE Annual Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 3-5 September 2009.
Günster, Andrea, et al. “Do Cartels Undermine Economic Efficiency.” 36th EARIE Annual Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 3-5 September 2009, 2009.
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