The Economic Development of Europe's Regions: A Quantitative History Since 1900

ISBN-13: 9780367664480 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 436 str.

Joan Ramón Rosés; Nikolaus Wolf

Opis

The book is the first quantitative description of Europe’s economic development at a regional level over the entire 20th century. This book brings together a group of leading economic historians in order to describe and analyze the development of European regions, both for nation states and for Europe as a whole.

Spis treści

List of Figures List of Tables Contributors 1. Introduction 2. Regional Economic Development in Europe, 1900 – 2010: a description of the Patterns 3. Country Chapters: 3.1 Austria 3.2 Belgium 3.3 Denmark 3.4 Finland 3.5 France 3.6 Germany 3.7 Italy 3.8 Netherlands 3.9 Norway 3.10 Portugal 3.11 Spain 3.12 Sweden 3.13 Switzerland 3.14 United Kingdom and Ireland 4. Regional Economic Development in the United States, 1880 - 2010: long-term Patterns Data Appendix 

O autorze

Joan Ramón Rosés is Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science and fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He is editor of the European Review of Economic History. His research interests are long-term growth, regional inequality and historical economic geography.

Nikolaus Wolf is Professor of Economics and Economic History at the Humboldt University Berlin and research fellow at CEPR and CESifo. He is editor of the European Review of Economic History. His research is focused on the economic development of Europe since 1870, especially international relations in trade and financial markets and long-run economic geography.