Synopses & Reviews
This volume revisits the topic of postwar growth armed not only with new theoretical ideas, but also with the experience of the 1980s. Chapters cover Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, and the UK.
Review
"...a very valuable collection of papers....The long-term perspective provided by economic history, as applied here, provides valuable insights into postwar growth. Likewise, the focus on events and institutions, as opposed to structural variables alone, allows for informed and sharp comparative analysis....This is an important contribution to the fields of economic history, and the political economy of postwar Europe." Choice
Review
"Students of the European economy, economic historians and economists interested in empirical evidence on economic growth will greatly appreciate the many insights in this volume." David Cleeton, Eastern Economic Journal
Synopsis
This book provides a genuinely comparative picture of economic growth in Europe after 1945.
Table of Contents
Preface; 1. Post-war growth: an overview Nicholas Crafts and Gianni Toniolo; 2. Institutions and economic growth: Europe after World War II Barry Eichengreen: 3. The varieties of Eurosclerosis: the rise and decline of nations since 1982 Mancur Olson; 4. Why the 1950s and not the 1920s? Olsonian and non-Olsonian interpretations of two decades of German economic history Karl-Heinz PaquÉ; 5. Convergence, competitiveness and the exchange rate Andrea Boltho; 6. British economic growth since 1945: relative economic decline ... and Renaissance? Charles Bean and Nicholas Crafts; 7. Economic growth in postwar Belgium Isabelle Cassiers, Philippe de VillÉ and Peter M. Solar; 8. France 1945-92 Pierre Sicsic and Charles Wyplosz; 9. Economic growth and the Swedish model Magnus Henrekson, Lars Jonung and Joakim Stymna; 10. Characteristics of economic growth in the Netherlands during the postwar period Bart van Ark, Jakob de Haan and Herman J. de Jong; 11. Portuguese postwar growth: a global approach JoÃo L. CÉsar das Neves; 12. Growth and macroeconomic performance in Spain, 1939-93 Leandro Prados de la Escosura and Jorge C. Sanz; 13. Irish economic growth, 1945-88 Cormac Ó GrÁda and Kevin O'Rourke; 14. Italy Nicola Rossi and Gianni Toniolo; 15. West German growth and institutions, 1945-90 Wendy Carlin; 16. An exercise in futility: East German economic growth and decline, 1945-89 Albrecht O. Ritschl; 17. Postwar growth in the Danish economy Peder J. Pedersen; 18. Reflections on the country studies Nicholas Crafts and Gianni Toniolo; Index.