This book is the first quantitative description of Europe's economic development at a regional level over the entire twentieth century. Based on a new and comprehensive set of data, it brings together a group of leading economic historians in order to describe and analyze the development of European regions, both for nation states and for Europe as a whole. This provides a new transnational perspective on Europe's quantitative development, offering for the first time a systematic long-run analysis of national policies independent from the use of national statistical units. The new transnational dimension of data allows for the analysis of national policies in a more thorough way than ever before.

The book provides a comprehensive database at the level of modern NUTS 2 regions for the period 1900-2010 in 10-year intervals, and a panoramic view of economic development both below and above the national level. It will be of great interest to economic historians, economic geographers, development economists and those with an interest in economic growth.

About the Author

Joan Ramon Roses is Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science and fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He is editor of the European Review of Economic History. His research interests are long-term growth, regional inequality and historical economic geography.

Nikolaus Wolf is Professor of Economics and Economic History at the Humboldt University Berlin and research fellow at CEPR and CESifo. He is editor of the European Review of Economic History. His research is focused on the economic development of Europe since 1870, especially international relations in trade and financial markets and long-run economic geography.

Book Information
ISBN 9780367664480
Author Joan Ramon Roses
Format Paperback
Page Count 436
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 648g