The Political Economy of International Commodity Cartels - 9780367376390

Taylor & Francis

The Political Economy of International Commodity CartelsAn Economic History of the European Timber Trade in the 1930s\nAuthor(s): Elina Kuorelahti\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367376390, 978-0367376390\nSynopsis\nThe Political Economy of International Commodity Cartels examines how international commodity cartels in the 1930s were impacted not only by commercial rivalry, but also by international trade political and diplomatic concerns. \n\nThis work presents the rise and decline of the European Timber Exporters Convention (ETEC) and analyses how firms navigated through the cartel game under increasing international competition, pressures from the national governments, and the interventionist endeavours of the League of Nations. Cartels are often associated with, in the standard economic interpretation, business collusion. However, in using vast archive sources and historical methodology, the chapters in this.