The Development of Economics in Western Europe Since 1945

A. W. (Bob) Coats

1. Editorial introduction A. W. Bob Coates 2. Economics in mid-Atlantic: British economics 1945-95 Roger E. Backhouse, University of Birmingham, UK 3. The Post-1945 development of economics and economists in Sweden Bo Sandelin and Ann Veiderpass, both at University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Nikias Sarafoglou, Mid-Sweden University 4. Postwar Dutch Economics Henk W. Plasmeijer and Evert Schoorl, University of Groningen, The Netherlands 5. The post 1945 development of economics in Belgium Ivo Maes, Erik Buyst and Muriel Bouchet, National Bank of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium 6. The 1945 development of economics in Germany Harald Hagemann, Universitat Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany 7. Economics in France: A Manifold system Christian Schmidt, Paris, France 8. Europe, and the post-1945 internationalization of political economy - the case of Italy Pier Luigi Porta, Universite Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy 9. The advent of modern economics in Portugal Carlos Bastien, ISEG, Lisbon, Portugal 10. The development of economic studies and research in Spain (1939-1995) Salvador Almenar, Universitat de Valencia, Spain 11. Institutional constraints and the internationalization of economics: the case of Greece Michael Psalidopoulos, Panteion University, Athens, Greece 12. Concluding reflections A. W. Bob Coates