| Publication type: | Conference other |
| Type of review: | Peer review (abstract) |
| Title: | The fat-cat effect of cartels |
| Authors: | Carree, Martin Günster, Andrea van Dijk, Mathijs |
| et. al: | No |
| Conference details: | 44th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Maastricht, Netherlands, 31 August - 2 September 2017 |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Subject (DDC): | 338: Production |
| Abstract: | This paper examines how the formation and termination of cartels affect the performance and behavior of their member firms. We identify 252 publicly listed firms active in 66 European cartels between 1980 and 2007. We investigate both static effects (increased profitability) and changes in strategic firm behavior (R&D investment and acquisition rate). The results show that R&D investment is (increasingly) lower during the cartel period, while the rate of acquiring other firms in fact increases. Hence, next to allocative inefficiency, cartels may also give rise to dynamic inefficiencies in the form of less innovation efforts or increased concentration. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/18236 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | School of Management and Law |
| Organisational Unit: | Center for Labor, Digital and Regional Economics (CLDR) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Carree, M., Günster, A., & van Dijk, M. (2017). The fat-cat effect of cartels. 44th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Maastricht, Netherlands, 31 August - 2 September 2017.
Carree, M., Günster, A. and van Dijk, M. (2017) ‘The fat-cat effect of cartels’, in 44th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Maastricht, Netherlands, 31 August - 2 September 2017.
M. Carree, A. Günster, and M. van Dijk, “The fat-cat effect of cartels,” in 44th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Maastricht, Netherlands, 31 August - 2 September 2017, 2017.
CARREE, Martin, Andrea GÜNSTER und Mathijs VAN DIJK, 2017. The fat-cat effect of cartels. In: 44th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Maastricht, Netherlands, 31 August - 2 September 2017. Conference presentation. 2017
Carree, Martin, Andrea Günster, and Mathijs van Dijk. 2017. “The Fat-Cat Effect of Cartels.” Conference presentation. In 44th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Maastricht, Netherlands, 31 August - 2 September 2017.
Carree, Martin, et al. “The Fat-Cat Effect of Cartels.” 44th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Maastricht, Netherlands, 31 August - 2 September 2017, 2017.
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