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Averting the Nazi Seizure of Power
Stoegbauer, Christian; Komlos, John - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
have to have been in those districts to prevent the NSDAP from becoming a formidable political force in Germany. Budget …The Great Depression in Germany led to the radicalization of the electorate, leading the country and then the world … into the darkest days of Western Civilization. Could it have been otherwise? This paper explores whether the NSDAP takeover …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649817
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About the Relative Efficiency of the Nazi Work Creation Programs
Spree, Reinhard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
The proposed paper will discuss the controversy on Germany’s economic recovery after the Depression and the role Nazi … programs have to be re-evaluated: these programs were not the causes of Germany’s economic recovery of but only supported a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005121203
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Economic Growth or Stagnation during the Interwar Period: Reconstruction of Cypriot GDP 1921-1938
Apostolides, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper explores the macro-economic history of Cyprus in the inter-war period. It constructs the first detailed estimates of output at aggregate and sector levels, enabling the analysis of economic growth and the sectoral structure of the island’s economy. It evaluates its performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529238
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The French Great Depression: a business cycle accounting analysis
Bridji, Slim - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2012
Using the business cycle accounting framework [Chari V., P. Kehoe and E. McGrattan 2007. Business Cycle Accounting. Econometrica 75, 781-836.], this paper sheds new light on the French Great Depression. Frictions that reduce the efficiency with which factor inputs are used (efficiency wedge)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651150
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Fiscal policies in Europe and the United States during the Great Depression
Kavonius, Ilja Kristian - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2010
Abstract: This paper discusses the fiscal policy reactions and economic policies of European countries and the United States during the Great Depression. Economic as well as economic history literature has tended to overlook the fiscal policy aspects of the Great Depression, in particular in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540561
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The French Great Depression: A business cycle accounting analysis
Bridji, Slim - In: Explorations in Economic History 50 (2013) 3, pp. 427-445
Using the business cycle accounting framework [Chari V., P. Kehoe and E. McGrattan 2007. Business cycle accounting. Econometrica 75, 781–836.], this paper sheds new light on the French Great Depression. Frictions that reduce the efficiency with which factor inputs are used (efficiency wedge)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010681819
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UK World War I and interwar data for business cycle and growth analysis
Nason, James M.; Vahey, Shaun P. - In: Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and … 6 (2012) 2, pp. 115-142
This article contributes new time series for studying the UK economy during World War I and the interwar period. The time series are per capita hours worked and average capital income, labor income, and consumption tax rates. Uninterrupted time series of these variables are provided for an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547895
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Structural change, collective action, and social unrest in 1930s Spain
Domenech, Jordi; Miley, Thomas Jeffrey - Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, … - 2013
The Spanish 2nd Republic (1931-1936) witnessed one of the fastest and deepest processes of popular mobilization in interwar Europe, generating a decisive reactionary wave that brought the country to the Civil War (1936-1939). We show in the paper that both contemporary comment and part of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670771
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La politica economica del fascismo. La crisi del '29
Labini, Paolo Sylos - In: Moneta e Credito 67 (2014) 265, pp. 47-54
Text of a speech held at the University of Rome in 1965. The author discusses the economic policy of Fascism, claiming that several of its characteristic features, e.g. the policy of industrial and financial bailouts, the policy of industry cartels and firms' groups, and protectionism, were part...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010765189
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UK World War I and Interwar Data for Business Cycle and Growth Analysis
Nason, James M.; Vahey, Shaun P. - College of Business and Economics, Australian National … - 2011
This article contributes new time series for studying the UK economy during World War I and the interwar period. The time series are per capita hours worked and average capital income, labor income, and consumption tax rates. Uninterrupted time series of these variables are provided for an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008917756