Europe's Golden Age: An Econometric Investigation of Changing Trend Rates of Growth

Nicholas Crafts () and Terence C Mills

No 1087, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This paper examines growth in output per person in 17 OECD countries from the late nineteenth century to 1989 considering the possibility of several breaks in trend. In all cases the unit root hypothesis is rejected in favour of a segmented trend stationary alternative. 1951-73 is shown to be an epoch of exceptionally rapid economic growth in Western Europe and this seems to result both from catch-up and from reconstruction. With one exception, recent income levels in Western Europe are found to be higher than would have been expected on the basis of extrapolating the pre-1914 trend growth rate.

Keywords: Economic Growth; Segmented Trend; Unit Root (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 O47 O52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995-01
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