Regulating Competition

Susanna Fellman is Professor of Business History at the School of Business Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Martin Shanahan is Professor of Economic and Business History at the School of Business, University of South Australia.

• Introduction Regulating Capitalism- Rise and Fall of ‘Cartel Registers’ in the 20th Century. Section 1 – Context of Cartel Registers Publish or be Damned? – Early Cartel Legislation in USA, Germany and Norway, 1890-1940 Legitimising Cartels. The Joint Roles of the League of Nations and of the International Chamber of Commerce. Competition Policy in the European Economic Community, 1957-1992. The Curse of Compulsory Registration? How the Tortoise became a Hare: On the Initial Sclerosis and Ultimate Modernisation of Dutch Competition Policy. Creating the 1957 Cartel Law: The Role of Pressure Groups on Finland’s Competition Policy and Cartel Registration. Section 2 Registers in Different Countries Cartel Registers around World. Transparency of Cartels and Cartel registers: A Regulatory Innovation from Norway? The Secret Register and its Impact in Advancing Competition in Australia, 1900-2010. Policy Transfer and its Limits: Authorised Cartels in 20th Century Japan. Cartel Law and the Cartel register in German 20th Century History. Cartel Registration in Sweden in the Post-War Period. The Dutch cartel collection in the 20th century: Facts and figures. Regulating Competition of Swedish Insurance Business. The Role of the Insurance Cartel Registry. Section 3 Conclusions

"The collection gives a fascinating overview of the many different ways in which a single political measure has been applied to serve a wide range of goals and interests."Mária Hidvégi, University of Konstanz, Germany.