Cartels in the cement industry in the context of economic crises in the years 1901-1938

Abstract

Cisleithanian and Czechoslovak cement industry was in the years 1901-1938 almost continuously monopolized by means of the cartel organizations. Free competition dominated the market only during the brief intervals, bordered by the disintegration of the old cartel and the creation of a new one.

The following thesis focuses on the causes of the creation and dissolution of these cartels in the context of the ongoing economic crises.

Keywords

• Cement industry
• Cartels
• Structure analysis
• Czechoslovakia
• Cisleithanien