Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46484 
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Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 3164
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
Great Depression
Europe
coordination failure
JEL: 
E50
F50
N14
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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