1st Edition

The Political Economy of International Commodity Cartels An Economic History of the European Timber Trade in the 1930s

By Elina Kuorelahti Copyright 2021
160 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

160 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

160 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Political Economy of International Commodity Cartels examines how international commodity cartels in the 1930s were impacted not only by commercial rivalry, but also by international trade political and diplomatic concerns. This work presents the rise and decline of the European Timber Exporters’ Convention (ETEC) and analyses how firms navigated through the cartel game under... Read more

Introduction

1. The timber problem

2. Commodity cartels and the League of Nations

3. Goodbye, League of Nations

4. Implementing international commodity cartel

Biography

Elina Kuorelahti received her PhD in 2018 and is currently working as post-doctoral researcher on international commodity cartels and peace in the interwar period at the University of Helsinki, Finland.