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ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE IN EUROPE

A Report Prepared for the Centre for Industrial Policy and Performance, University of Leeds

9781852787097 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by the late David Coates, formerly Worrell Professor of Anglo-American Studies, Wake Forest University, US
Publication Date: 1995 ISBN: 978 1 85278 709 7 Extent: 272 pp
In Economic and Industrial Performance in Europe, a distinguished group of scholars compares the fortunes of different European nations in the period of economic restructuring, uncertainty, and generally slower economic growth that followed the oil crisis of the 1970s.

Using meaningful quantitative data, the authors address the deterioration and divergence of economic performance across Europe since 1973. They look at attempts to improve domestic competitiveness, labour market deregulation, the impact of research and development on economic success, comparative analysis of state expenditure and debt, the military economy and the social consequences of industrialism and industrial restructuring. This volume seeks to show how the post-war boom has unravelled and how this process has impacted upon different European economies.

Economic and Industrial Performance in Europe will be welcomed by students, researchers and policy makers seeking comprehensive, meaningful information on why some national economies have been better placed than others to shoulder the burden of the more intense, global competitive pressures that have become part of the post-1973 world economy.

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In Economic and Industrial Performance in Europe, a distinguished group of scholars compares the fortunes of different European nations in the period of economic restructuring, uncertainty, and generally slower economic growth that followed the oil crisis of the 1970s.

Using meaningful quantitative data, the authors address the deterioration and divergence of economic performance across Europe since 1973. They look at attempts to improve domestic competitiveness, labour market deregulation, the impact of research and development on economic success, comparative analysis of state expenditure and debt, the military economy and the social consequences of industrialism and industrial restructuring. This volume seeks to show how the post-war boom has unravelled and how this process has impacted upon different European economies.

Economic and Industrial Performance in Europe will be welcomed by students, researchers and policy makers seeking comprehensive, meaningful information on why some national economies have been better placed than others to shoulder the burden of the more intense, global competitive pressures that have become part of the post-1973 world economy.
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‘This useful book of papers examines the deterioration and divergence of economic performance across European countries since 1973. . .’
– Aslib Book Guide
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Contents: 1. Introduction (P. McVeigh) 2. Europe in Figures: National Income and Employment (J. Michie) 3. Industry: Performance and Policies (M.C. Sawyer) 4. Labour Markets: Diversity in Restructuring (P. Nolan and D. Harvie) 5. Science and Technology, R & D and Innovation (D. Archibugi and J. Michie) 6. State Expenditure and Economic Performance (D. Coates and M. Wiggen) 7. The Military Economy in Europe (P. Dunne) 8. The Social Consequences of Industrialism (M. Rudd) Index

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