Shifts in government business relations: Assessing 
change using the restrictive business registers in the OECD, 1945-1995

The varieties of capitalism framework highlights the governance of firms' competitive behaviour as a key aspect of state-business relations. This article examines changes in the scope, intensity and transparency of cartel registers in 13 OECD countries in the half century following World War II...

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Published inBusiness history Vol. 63; no. 8; pp. 1253 - 1272
Main Authors Shanahan, Martin, Fellman, Susanna
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Liverpool Routledge 2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
anti-competitive behaviour
Business government relations
Business regulation
Capitalism
cartel register
Competition policy
Economic History
Ekonomisk historia
Governance
policy influence
Policy making
Transparency
World War II
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Summary:The varieties of capitalism framework highlights the governance of firms' competitive behaviour as a key aspect of state-business relations. This article examines changes in the scope, intensity and transparency of cartel registers in 13 OECD countries in the half century following World War II. Quantifying these policy aspects over five decades using the OECD's 2013 New Indicators of Competition Law and Policy reveals changes in government-business relations over time, with different approaches evident in each country. The results reveal complex interactions effect policy in each country and challenge a simple 'Americanisation' explanation for changes in cartel policy and the static typology of the VoC literature.
ISSN:0007-6791
1743-7938
DOI:10.1080/00076791.2019.1642875