Economic Growth in Europe since 1945 [Paperback]

This book provides a genuinely comparative picture of economic growth in Europe after 1945.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 U.K.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 U.K.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.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 Paqu?; 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 Vill? 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 Jo?o L. C?sar das Neves; 12. Growth and macroeconomic performance in Spain, 1939-93 Leandro Prados de la Escosura and Jorge C. Sanz; 13. Iriló¹