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Contents

List of figures

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Preface

List of contributors

1 Postwar growth: an overview

1 Introduction

2 Main trends in postwar European growth

3 Previous interpretations of European postwar growth

4 Recent developments in growth theory

5 Europe's postwar growth in a long-run perspective: some quantitative aspects

6 The years of high growth

7 Slowdown and instability

8 Factors in the performance of individual countries

9 Concluding comments

2 Institutions and economic growth: Europe after World War II

1 Introduction

2 The model

3 The structure of domestic institutions

4 The evolution of domestic institutions

5 The structure of international institutions

6 The decline of the postwar settlement

7 Conclusion

3 The varieties of Eurosclerosis: the rise and decline of nations since 1982

1 Introduction

2 A recapitulation of the theory

3 Economic growth since Rise and Decline

4 Distinctive institutions and common processes

5 Distinctive institutions and inescapable logic

4 Why the 1950s and not the 1920s? Olsonian and non-Olsonian interpretations of two decades of German economic history

1 Introduction

2 An Olsonian interpretation of the two postwar records

3 A non-Olsonian mode of interpretation

5 Convergence, competitiveness and the exchange rate

1 Introduction

2 Competitiveness and the exchange rate

3 Western Europe in the 'Golden Age'

4 Country experience

5 Conclusions

Statistical appendix

6 British economic growth since 1945: relative economic decline . . . and renaissance?

1 Introduction

2 The legacy of the 1930s and World War II

3 Reconstruction

4 The Golden Age

5 Shocks and stagflation

6 Recovery in the 1980s and its legacy

7 Bargaining models and productivity change

8 Human capital formation

9 Deindustrialization

10 Conclusions

Appendix

7 Economic growth in postwar Belgium

1 Introduction

2 Postwar economic growth: main features, structures and institutions, initial conditions

3 The phases of postwar economic growth

4 Structural change and the control of industry

5 Conclusion

8 France, 1945-92

1 Introduction

2 Aggregate performance

3 The legacy of the 1930s and reconstruction

4 The 'vingt glorieuses' (1954-76)

5 Shocks and stagflation in the 1970s

6 A partial recovery

7 Human capital

8 Institutions

9 Conclusion

9 Economic growth and the Swedish model

1 Introduction

2 Aggregate performance

3 A review of macroeconomic policies

4 Ultimate causes of Swedish economic performance

5 Conclusions

10 Characteristics of economic growth in the Netherlands during the postwar period

1 Introduction

2 The major facts

3 The legacy of the 1930s

4 World War II and the reconstruction years

5 The 'golden years' from 1950 to 1973

6 Shocks and sluggish growth during the 1970s

7 Continuity and change during the 1980s

8 Labour market and wage policies

9 The performance of the export sector and exchange rate policy

10 The public sector and economic growth

11 Conclusions

11 Portuguese postwar growth: a global approach

1 Introduction

2 Postwar growth: the setting

3 Postwar growth: the phases

4 Some particular themes

5 Conclusions

12 Growth and macroeconomic performance in Spain, 1939-93

1 Introduction

2 Spain's economic performance in the long run

3 The legacy of the 1930s and the Civil War (1936-9)

4 Reconstruction: Spain under autarky, 1939-59

5 The Golden Age: years of accelerated growth, 1959-75

6 Shocks and stagflation: the transition from dictatorship to democracy, 1975-85

7 Recovery of the late 1980s and its legacy: the integration of Spain into the EEC

8 Concluding remarks

13 Irish economic growth, 1945-88

1 Introduction

2 Irish growth and the economic convergence debate

3 Irish economic history, 1945-92

4 Investment

5 Human capital and emigration

6 Trade policies

7 Rent seeking and interest groups: the political economy of growth

8 Some simple cross-section evidence

9 Conclusion

14 Italy

1 Introduction

2 The aggregate performance: an overview

3 Total factor productivity, market structure, scale economies and capacity utilization

4 The legacy of Fascism and the war

5 Setting the stage: reconstruction and stabilization

6 An 'economic miracle'?

7 The roots of the malaise, 1963-73

8 Productivity slowdown, 1973-92

9 Concluding remarks

Appendix

15 West German growth and institutions, 1945-90

1 Introduction

2 The growth weakness of the Weimar Republic

3 Reconstruction, 1945-61

4 Golden Age growth, 1961-73

5 Slow growth, 1973-90

6 Is there a West German economic model and, if so, has it affected growth?

7 West German growth - what does it tell us about the prospects for growth in East Germany?

16 An exercise in futility: East German economic growth and decline, 1945-89

1 Introduction

2 Macroeconomic performance: a brief overview

3 The legacy of the 1930s and the war: how bad a start?

4 The productivity gap in the making, 1945-50

5 East Germany's transition to Communism: a brief review

6 The 1950s: an East German Wirtschaftswunderi

7 2 fast 4 you: frustrated catching up, the Berlin Wall and attempted reform during the 1960s

8 The Golden Seventies: a belated Wirtschaftswundert

9 The road to bankruptcy, 1980-9

10 The aftermath of unification

11 Conclusion

17 Postwar growth of the Danish economy

1 Introduction

2 The aggregate growth performance: an overview

3 The legacy from the 1930s and the war and reconstruction years

4 Growth factors and sectoral shifts in the postwar years

5 Growth and economic policy since 1950

6 Concluding comments

18 Reflections on the country studies

1 Introduction

2 The idea of a 'Golden Age'

3 The accumulation of capital and the acquisition of knowledge

4 The impact of economic policy

5 Growth economics

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