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Dynamite Regulations. The Explosives Industry, Regulatory Capture and the Swedish Government 1858-1948

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  • Josefin Sabo

    (Umeå University)

  • Lena Andersson-Skog

    (Umeå University)

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In this article, we argue that the regulation of the explosives industry in Sweden between 1858 and 1948 can give a slightly different perspective on regulatory capture. In this case it was the upstart company, the Nobel Dynamite Company, and not the established explosives companies that in negotiation with the regulator succeeded in establishing new national regulations. Through three different cases we show that the method behind this successful capture was indirect and direct with a common trait of risk minimizing for the public that developed in cooperation with the regulator.

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  • Josefin Sabo & Lena Andersson-Skog, 2017. "Dynamite Regulations. The Explosives Industry, Regulatory Capture and the Swedish Government 1858-1948," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 23(2), pages 191-201, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:iaecre:v:23:y:2017:i:2:d:10.1007_s11294-017-9637-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s11294-017-9637-9
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    Keywords

    Sweden; Dynamite; Regulatory capture; Industrialization; Government-market relations;
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    JEL classification:

    • N10 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • L50 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - General

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