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

Ahrens Ralf () and Eckert Astrid M. ()
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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

Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 2017, vol. 58, issue 1, 23-33

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.

Keywords: Industrial policy; economic policy; state intervention; state aid; subsidies; structural change; varieties of capitalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N P (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1515/jbwg-2017-0002

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