Some Observations on the Great Depression in Germany

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Some Observations on the Great Depression in Germany

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Weder, Mark

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Mark Weder

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This Paper evaluates the role of the demand side during the Great Depression in Germany. From Euler equation residuals we are able to identify a series of contractionary demand shocks that pounded the German economy from 1929-32. We apply the detrimental preference innovations to a dynamic general equilibrium model and find that size and order of shocks can generate a pattern that can explain the lion’s share of the decline in economic activity. The artificial economy also predicts a swift recovery after 1932, thereby questioning significant effects of Nazi economic policy.

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- Mark Weder, 2006. "Some Observations on the Great Depression in Germany," German Economic Review, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 7, pages 113-133, 02. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
N14 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Growth and Fluctuations - - - Europe: 1913-

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