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Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945

This volume re-examines the topic of economic growth in Europe after the Second World War. The contributors approach the subject armed not only with new theoretical ideas, but also with the experience of the 1980s on which to draw. The analysis is based on both applied economics and economic history. Thus, while the volume is greatly informed by insights from growth theory, emphasis is given to the presentation of chronological and institutional detail. The case-study approach and the adoption of a longer-run perspective than is normal for economists, allow new insights to be obtained.
Individual chapters cover Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and the UK. Further chapters explore general European institutional arrangements and historical circumstances. The result is a genuinely comparative picture of post-war growth, with insights that do not emerge from standard cross-section regressions based on the post-1960 period.

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Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds) (1996), ‘Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945‘, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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Toniolo, G and N Crafts (1996), ‘Postwar growth: an overview‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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Eichengreen, B (1996), ‘Institutions and economic growth: Europe after World War II‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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Olson, M (1996), ‘The varieties of Eurosclerosis: the rise and decline of nations since 1982‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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Paqué, K (1996), ‘Why the 1950s and not the 1920s? Olsonian and non-Olsonian interpretations of two decades of German economic history‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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Boltho, A (1996), ‘Convergence, competitiveness and the exchange rate‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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Crafts, N and C Bean (1996), ‘British economic growth since 1945: relative economic decline ... and renaissance?‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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De Ville, P, P Solar and I Cassiers (1996), ‘Economic growth in postwar Belgium‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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Wyplosz, C and P Sicsic (1996), ‘France, 1945-92‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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Jonung, L, J Stymne and M Henrekson (1996), ‘Economic growth and the Swedish model‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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de Jong, H, B Van Ark and J De Haan (1996), ‘Characteristics of economic growth in the Netherlands during the postwar period‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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César das Neves, J (1996), ‘Portuguese postwar growth: a global approach‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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Sanz, J and L Prados de la Escosura (1996), ‘Growth and macroeconomic performance in Spain, 1939-93‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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O'Rourke, K and C Ó Gráda (1996), ‘Irish economic growth, 1945-88‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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Toniolo, G and N Rossi (1996), ‘Italy‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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Carlin, W (1996), ‘West German growth and institutions, 1945-90‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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Ritschl, A (1996), ‘An exercise in futility: East German economic growth and decline, 1945-89‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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Pedersen, P (1996), ‘Postwar growth of the Danish economy‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945

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Toniolo, G and N Crafts (1996), ‘Reflections on the country studies‘, in Toniolo, G and N Crafts (eds), Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economic-growth-europe-1945