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Industrial Policy in Western Europe since the 1960s: Historical Varieties and Perspectives

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  • Ahrens Ralf

    (Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung, Am Neuen Markt 1, D-14467Potsdam, Germany)

  • Eckert Astrid M.

    (Emory University, History Department– 221 Bowden Hall, 561 S. Kilgo Circle, GA 30322, Atlanta, USA)

Abstract

Historical research on industrial policy has only recently begun to focus on the crisis-shaken decades of the 1970s and 1980s, demonstrating the broadness of the topic as well as the need for further research. In the first section of this introduction, we address the challenges in arriving at a definition of industrial policy that would encompass the wide variety of this type of state intervention into economic structures. In a second step, we provide a short survey of the variations of industrial policy in Western market economies since the 1960s, emphasizing the plurality of goals and methods that make this topic such a promising avenue of historical research. Finally, we suggest some perspectives for future research, including its potential for interdisciplinary connections.

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  • Ahrens Ralf & Eckert Astrid M., 2017. "Industrial Policy in Western Europe since the 1960s: Historical Varieties and Perspectives," Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, De Gruyter, vol. 58(1), pages 23-33, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:jbwige:v:58:y:2017:i:1:p:23-33:n:2
    DOI: 10.1515/jbwg-2017-0002
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    1. Bulfone, Fabio, 2020. "The political economy of industrial policy in the European Union," MPIfG Discussion Paper 20/12, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.

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    Keywords

    Industrial policy; economic policy; state intervention; state aid; subsidies; structural change; varieties of capitalism;
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    JEL classification:

    • N - Economic History
    • N - Economic History
    • N - Economic History
    • N - Economic History
    • N - Economic History
    • P - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems

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