Physical Description
xvi, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Protectionism in historical perspective
Was there a capital shortage in the first half of the nineteenth century in Germany?
Regional variations in growth in Germany in the nineteenth century with particular reference to the west-east developmental gradient
Investment in education and instruction in the nineteenth century
Changes in the phenomenon of the business cycle over the last hundred years
Trends, cycles, structural breaks, chance: what determines twentieth-century German economic history?
The Federal Republic of Germany in the secular trend of economic development
Germany's experience of inflation
Constraints and room for manoeuvre in the great depression of the early thirties: towards a revision of the received historical picture
Economic causes of the collapse of the Weimar Republic
Germany's exchange rate options during the great depression.
ISBN
0521363101
9780521363105
0521368588 (pbk.)
9780521368582 (pbk.)
Notes
Translation of: Wachstum, Krisen, Handlungsspielräume der Wirtschaftspolitik.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-269) and index.
Protectionism in historical perspective -- Was there a capital shortage in the first half of the nineteenth century in Germany? -- Regional variations in growth in Germany in the nineteenth century with particular reference to the west-east developmental gradient -- Investment in education and instruction in the nineteenth century -- Changes in the phenomenon of the business cycle over the last hundred years -- Trends, cycles, structural breaks, chance: what determines twentieth-century German economic history? -- The Federal Republic of Germany in the secular trend of economic development -- Germany's experience of inflation -- Constraints and room for manoeuvre in the great depression of the early thirties: towards a revision of the received historical picture -- Economic causes of the collapse of the Weimar Republic -- Germany's exchange rate options during the great depression.