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The Output Effects of Government Sponsored Cartels During the New Deal

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This paper uses the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, which set up industry‐wide cartels in the manufacturing sector of the US economy, to gain empirical insight into the current debate on the output effects of cartels. Recent theoretical studies have demonstrated ways in which cartels could expand, rather than reduce output as is traditionally thought. The New Deal cartel experiment does not support this ‘efficient cartel’ view. On the contrary, the legislation brought about a reduction in manufacturing output, as traditional cartel theory would predict.

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  • Jason E. Taylor, 2002. "The Output Effects of Government Sponsored Cartels During the New Deal," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 50(1), pages 1-10, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jindec:v:50:y:2002:i:1:p:1-10
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-6451.00164
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    9. Thierry Kirat & Frédéric Marty, 2021. "The late emerging consensus among American economists on antitrust laws in the 2nd New Deal (1935-1941)," Post-Print halshs-03261721, HAL.
    10. Jason E. Taylor, 2007. "Cartel Code Attributes and Cartel Performance: An Industry-Level Analysis of the National Industrial Recovery Act," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 50(3), pages 597-624.
    11. Iwan Bos & Erik Pot, 2012. "On the possibility of welfare-enhancing hard core cartels," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 107(3), pages 199-216, November.
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