In this article the effects of cartelization on firms’ efficiency are investigated using the example of an early twentieth century coal-mining cartel in Upper Silesia: the Upper Silesian Coal Convention. Established in 1898, the cartel comprised various types of private, as well as state-owned, mining enterprises. Using a microeconomic dataset based on firm-level data of the Upper Silesian mines, I focus on the cartel’s effect on efficiency. The cartel did not significantly reduce technical efficiency among mines. This finding confirms previous research on cartels’ effects on efficiency.

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1880-1913 年上西里西亚的卡特尔化和企业绩效

在这篇文章中，卡特尔化对公司效率的影响以 20 世纪早期的上西里西亚煤矿卡特尔为例进行了调查：上西里西亚煤炭公约。该卡特尔成立于 1898 年，由各种类型的私营和国有矿业企业组成。使用基于上西里西亚矿山公司层面数据的微观经济数据集，我关注卡特尔对效率的影响。卡特尔并未显着降低矿山的技术效率。这一发现证实了先前关于卡特尔对效率影响的研究。