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Europe's Great Depression - Coordination Failure after the First World War

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  • Nikolaus Wolf

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In this paper I survey and reinterpret the extensive literature on Europe's Great Depression. I argue that Europe could not exploit her vast economic potential after 1918, because the war had not yet come to an end - indeed it did not end before 1945. Both, domestic and international institutions suffered from a lack of reciprocal trust and commitment, which can be clearly illustrated in the realm of monetary policy but affected many other areas of policymaking, such as energy or migration policies. These institutions in turn affected expectations and thereby the extent to which for example expansionary policies could be effective.

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Paper provided by CESifo Group Munich in its series CESifo Working Paper Series with number 3164.

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Date of creation: 2010
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Handle: RePEc:ces:ceswps:_3164

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Keywords: Great Depression; Europe; coordination failure;

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  1. Michael D. Bordo, 1996. "The Gold Standard as a `Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval'," NBER Working Papers 5340, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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  1. Barry Eichengreen, 2011. "International Policy Coordination: The Long View," NBER Working Papers 17665, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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