Details about Albrecht Ritschl

Homepage:	http://personal.lse.ac.uk/ritschl/default.htm
Phone:	+442079556482
Postal address:	Department of Economic History, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2 2AE, United Kingdom
Workplace:	Department of Economic History, London School of Economics (LSE), (more information at EDIRC) Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), (more information at EDIRC) CESifo, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

1. Knut Borchardt - Brecht-Schüler, Skeptiker, Krisenhistoriker
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   See also Journal Article Knut Borchardt – Brecht-Schüler, Skeptiker, Krisenhistoriker, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter (2023) (2023)
2. Krieg, Verteilungskonflikt, Reparationen: die deutsche Inflation von 1920 bis 1923
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   See also Journal Article Krieg, Verteilungskonflikt, Reparationen: die deutsche Inflation von 1920 bis 1923, Wirtschaftsdienst, Sciendo (2023) (2023)

2019

3. Financial destruction: confiscatory taxation of Jewish property and income in Nazi Germany
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (6)
4. Fiscal Destruction: Confiscatory Taxation of Jewish Property and Income in Nazi Germany
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)
5. Hard Brexit ahead: breaking the deadlock
   EconPol Policy Brief, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich View citations (3)

2016

6. The U.S. business cycle, 1867–2006: a dynamic factor approach
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article The U.S. Business Cycle, 1867-2006: A Dynamic Factor Approach, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2016) View citations (8) (2016)

2012

7. Reparations, Deficits, and Debt Default: the Great Depression in Germany
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (10)
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2012)
8. The German Transfer Problem, 1920-1933: A Sovereign Debt Perspective
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (10)
   Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2012) View citations (9)

2011

9. Communal Responsibility and the Coexistence of Money and Credit Under Anonymous Matching
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2010)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2010) View citations (2)
   SFB 649 Discussion Papers, Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk (2010)
   Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) (2011) View citations (1)

2010

10. Crisis? What Crisis? Currency vs. Banking in the Financial Crisis of 1931
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)
    Also in SFB 649 Discussion Papers, Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk (2010) View citations (1)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (7)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2010) View citations (1)
11. Depression Econometrics: A FAVAR Model of Monetary Policy During the Great Depression
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
    Also in SFB 649 Discussion Papers, Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk (2009)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (12)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2009)

2009

12. Business cycles and economic policy, 1914-1945: a survey
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2008

13. Real Origins of the Great Depression: Monopoly Power, Unions and the American Business Cycle in the 1920s
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (13)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2008)
    2007 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2007) View citations (3)
14. The Anglo-German industrial productivity puzzle, 1895-1935: a restatement and a possible resolution
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article The Anglo-German Industrial Productivity Puzzle, 1895–1935: A Restatement and a Possible Resolution, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2008) View citations (9) (2008)
15. The Anglo-German productivity puzzle, 1895-1935: a restatement and a possible resolution
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
16. The U.S. Business Cycle, 1867-1995: A Dynamic Factor Approach
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (4)
17. The U.S. business cycle, 1867-1995: Dynamic factor analysis vs. reconstructed national accounts
    SFB 649 Discussion Papers, Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2008)
18. The economic history of sovereignty: communal responsibility, the extended family, and the firm
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
    See also Journal Article The Economic History of Sovereignty: Communal Responsibility, the Extended Family, and the Firm, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2009) View citations (9) (2009)
19. Understanding West German economic growth in the 1950s
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
    Also in SFB 649 Discussion Papers, Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk (2008)
    See also Journal Article Understanding West German economic growth in the 1950s, Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC) (2009) View citations (33) (2009)

2007

20. Real Origins of the Great Depression: Monopolistic Competition, Union Power, and the American Business Cycle in the 1920s
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (4)
    Also in SFB 649 Discussion Papers, Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk (2007)

2006

21. Making Financial Markets: Contract Enforcement and the Emergence of Tradable Assets in Late Medieval Europe
    2006 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
22. The Anglo-German industrial productivity paradox, 1895-1938: A restatement and a possible resolution
    SFB 649 Discussion Papers, Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk

2005

23. Stock Markets and Business Cycle Comovement in Germany Before World War I: Evidence from Spectral Analysis
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
    Also in SFB 649 Discussion Papers, Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk (2005)
    See also Journal Article Stock markets and business cycle comovement in Germany before World War I: Evidence from spectral analysis, Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier (2009) View citations (11) (2009)

2004

24. Spurious Growth in German Output Data, 1913-1938
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Spurious growth in German output data, 1913—1938, European Review of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2004) View citations (10) (2004)

2003

25. Endogeneity of Currency Areas and Trade Blocs: Evidence from the Inter-War Period
    Papers, Humboldt University of Berlin, Center for Applied Statistics and Economics (CASE) View citations (32)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2003) View citations (35)

2000

26. Did Monetary Forces Cause the Great Depression?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (23)
27. Did Monetary Forces Cause the Great Depression? A Bayesian VAR Analysis for the U.S. Economy
    Working Papers, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow View citations (16)
    Also in IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (10)

1998

28. Winning the War, Losing the Peace? Britain's Post-War Recovery in a West German Mirror
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)

1996

29. Sustainability of High Public Debt: What the Historical Record Shows
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (23)

1994

30. An Exercise in Futility: East German Economic Growth and Decline, 1945-89
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)

Undated

31. Deficit Spending in the Nazi Recovery, 1933-1938: A Critical Reassessment
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Deficit Spending in the Nazi Recovery, 1933-1938: A Critical Reassessment, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier (2002) View citations (5) (2002)

Journal Articles

2024

1. 75 Jahre ifo Institut – ein historischer Rückblick
   ifo Schnelldienst, 2024, 77, (08), 44-49

2023

2. Knut Borchardt – Brecht-Schüler, Skeptiker, Krisenhistoriker
   Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2023, 24, (1), 145-150
   See also Working Paper Knut Borchardt - Brecht-Schüler, Skeptiker, Krisenhistoriker, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2023) (2023)
3. Krieg, Verteilungskonflikt, Reparationen: die deutsche Inflation von 1920 bis 1923
   Wirtschaftsdienst, 2023, 103, (2), 90-93
   See also Working Paper Krieg, Verteilungskonflikt, Reparationen: die deutsche Inflation von 1920 bis 1923, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2023) (2023)

2021

4. Simon Mee, Central bank independence and the legacy of the German past (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Pp. 368. 13 illus. 3 tabs. ISBN 978110849978 Hbk. £75.00)
   Economic History Review, 2021, 74, (1), 303-305

2018

5. „Wir haben deutlich gelernt, dass wir nichts gelernt haben“: Ein Gespräch mit Albrecht Ritschl über die Parallelen zwischen der Weltwirtschaftskrise und der Finanzkrise 2007/08, das Schuldendrama Griechenlands, Transfermechanismen im Euro-Raum, den Vorschlag einer Exportsteuer und den Umgang mit dem Brexit
   Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2018, 19, (2), 78-93

2016

6. The U.S. Business Cycle, 1867-2006: A Dynamic Factor Approach
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98, (1), 159-172 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper The U.S. business cycle, 1867–2006: a dynamic factor approach, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2016) View citations (4) (2016)

2014

7. CURRENCY VERSUS BANKING IN THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 1931
   International Economic Review, 2014, 55, (2), 349-373
8. The roots of economic failure: what explains East Germany's falling behind between 1945 and 1950?
   European Review of Economic History, 2014, 18, (2), 166-184 View citations (2)

2012

9. War 2008 das neue 1929? Richtige und falsche Vergleiche zwischen der Großen Depression der 1930er Jahre und der Großen Rezession von 2008
   Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2012, 13, 36-57 View citations (1)

2011

10. Endogeneity of Currency Areas and Trade Blocs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
    Kyklos, 2011, 64, (2), 291-312 View citations (61)

2010

11. Comment
    NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, 2010, 6, (1), 98 - 100

2009

12. Stock markets and business cycle comovement in Germany before World War I: Evidence from spectral analysis
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 2009, 31, (1), 35-57 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Stock Markets and Business Cycle Comovement in Germany Before World War I: Evidence from Spectral Analysis, CEPR Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (2) (2005)
13. The Economic History of Sovereignty: Communal Responsibility, the Extended Family, and the Firm
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2009, 165, (1), 99-112 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper The economic history of sovereignty: communal responsibility, the extended family, and the firm, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2008) (2008)
14. Understanding West German economic growth in the 1950s
    Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2009, 3, (3), 191-219 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper Understanding West German economic growth in the 1950s, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2008) (2008)

2008

15. Eichengreen, B: Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods
    Journal of Economics, 2008, 94, (2), 195-197
16. The Anglo-German Industrial Productivity Puzzle, 1895–1935: A Restatement and a Possible Resolution
    The Journal of Economic History, 2008, 68, (2), 535-565 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper The Anglo-German industrial productivity puzzle, 1895-1935: a restatement and a possible resolution, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2008) View citations (9) (2008)

2005

17. Der späte Fluch des Dritten Reichs: Pfadabhängigkeiten in der Entstehung der bundesdeutschen Wirtschaftsordnung
    Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2005, 6, (2), 151-170 View citations (11)

2004

18. Spurious growth in German output data, 1913—1938
    European Review of Economic History, 2004, 8, (2), 201-223 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Spurious Growth in German Output Data, 1913-1938, CEPR Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (9) (2004)

2003

19. Hat das Dritte Reich wirklich eine ordentliche Beschäftigungspolitik betrieben?
    Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 2003, 44, (1), 125-140 View citations (5)
20. Neue Ergebnisse zum NS-Aufschwung
    Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 2003, 44, (1), 9-12

2002

21. Deficit Spending in the Nazi Recovery, 1933-1938: A Critical Reassessment
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2002, 16, (4), 559-582 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Deficit Spending in the Nazi Recovery, 1933-1938: A Critical Reassessment, IEW - Working Papers View citations (3)

2001

22. Fifty fears of the Deutsche Mark: Central Bank and the Currency in Germany since 1948. Edited by the Deutsche Bundesbank. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. xxvi, 836. $90.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (1), 198-199
23. Nazi economic imperialism and the exploitation of the small: evidence from Germany’s secret foreign exchange balances, 1938-1940[While I wa]
    Economic History Review, 2001, 54, (2), 324-345 View citations (13)

1999

24. Les reparations allemandes, 1920-1933: une controverse revue par la theorie des jeux
    Economie Internationale, 1999, (78), 129-154
25. Modern Europe - Hitler's Economy: Nazi Work Creation Programs, 1933–1936. By Dan P. Silverman. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. Pp. 384. $45.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1999, 59, (4), 1104-1105

1998

26. Reparation transfers, the Borchardt hypothesis and the Great Depression in Germany, 1929–32: A guided tour for hard-headed Keynesians
    European Review of Economic History, 1998, 2, (1), 49-72 View citations (17)

1997

27. Das Bruttosozialprodukt in Deutschland nach den amtlichen Volkseinkommens- und Sozialproduktsstatistiken 1901-1995
    Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 1997, 38, (2), 27-54 View citations (33)

1996

28. Gerald D. Feldman, The Great Disorder. Politics, Economics, and Society in the German Inflation, 1914–1924 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. 1,011 pp. £75/$125)
    Financial History Review, 1996, 3, (1), 107-108

1995

29. Aufstieg und Niedergang der Wirtschaft der DDR: Ein Zahlenbild 1945-1989
    Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 1995, 36, (2), 11-46 View citations (5)
30. Real Wages, Productivity, and Unemployment in Britain and Germany during the 1920's
    Explorations in Economic History, 1995, 32, (3), 327-349 View citations (13)

1992

31. Could bruening have done it?: A Keynesian model of interwar Germany, 1925-1938
    European Economic Review, 1992, 36, (2-3), 695-701 View citations (3)

1991

32. Inflation and Relative Price Variability Under a Gold Standard: Evidence from Germany (1850–1913). A Comment
    Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), 1991, 208, (5), 541-545

Edited books

2013

1. Gestaltung der Freiheit, vol 6
   Rechtsordnung und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen
2. Gestaltung der Freiheit, vol 6
   Rechtsordnung und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen

Chapters

2010

1. Comment on "The End of Gatekeeping: Underwriters and the Quality of Sovereign Bond Markets, 1815-2007"
   A chapter in NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2009, 2010, pp 98-100

2003

2. ‘Dancing on a Volcano’: The Economic Recovery and Collapse of Weimar Germany, 1924–33
   Palgrave Macmillan

Editor

1. Rechtsordnung und Wirtschaftsgeschichte
   Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen