A European Structural Crisis Cartel as Solution to a Sectoral Depression
The Western European Fibre Industry in the 1970s and 1980s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16477207 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Marx (0000-0002-2192-569X, Fachbereich III, Neuere und Neueste Geschichte , Forschungszentrum Europa (FZE) , DM-Gebäude, Raum 261 , Universität Trier , D-54286, Trier , Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 163-197 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0075-2800 • E-ISSN: 2196-6842 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/jbwg-2017-0008 |
| OpenAlex | W2679414944 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Due to the decline of the Western European textile industry in the 1960s and international economic turbulences in the 1970s, the chemical fibre industry in Western Europe ran into trouble. The ten largest manufacturers of polyester fibres therefore applied for a structural crisis cartel in 1972. Even though the European Commission rejected the request, the question of a cartel agreement remained a topic of discussion at the European level for more than ten years. In June 1978, eleven European manufacturers of chemical fibres signed a cartel agreement in Brussels, but it was not compatible with the Treaty of the European Economic Community. It was not until 1980 that the companies submitted a new contract to the European Commission which was in accordance with antitrust law and renewed in 1982. The article analyses the course of negotiations as well as the driving forces and different aims of political and industrial players on the national and the European level
Business · Cartel · Commission · Economics · Economy · European commission · European community · European economy · European market · European union · Incentive · International economics · International trade · Market economy · Negotiation · Political science · Treaty · European history and politics · European Socioeconomic and Political Studies · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |