«The Great Depression» versus «The Great Recession». Financial crashes and industrial slumps

This article analyzes and compares the performance of the industrial sector during the «Great Depression» of the 1930s and the «Great Recession» that began in 2007 using the best available synthetic indicator, the Index of Industrial Production. The main objective is to update and extend the exercis...

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Authors: Parejo Barranco, J. Antonio, 1956-; Sudrià, Carles, 1953-
Format: Article
Status:Published version
Publication date:2012
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/114585
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/114585
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Història econòmica
Crisi econòmica del 1929
Crisi econòmica, 2008-2009
Indústria
Crisis financeres
Economic history
Depression, 1929
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
Industry
Financial crises
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description This article analyzes and compares the performance of the industrial sector during the «Great Depression» of the 1930s and the «Great Recession» that began in 2007 using the best available synthetic indicator, the Index of Industrial Production. The main objective is to update and extend the exercise presented by Barry Eichengreen and Kevin O'Rourke in 2009 and 2010 in the voxEU website. In addition to extending the analysis of the «Great Recession» with the latest monthly figures available for the world as a whole, we have introduced regional and country level analysis, and also a broader view using annual data for periods of around twenty years. The results generally confirm what was observed by Eichengreen and O'Rourke and other authors who have dealt with industrial activity. However, our approach emphasizes two elements that we believe should be incorporated into the debate: the actual development of the industrial sector (especially the manufacturing subsector) in the years preceding each crisis and the stage of development of the prevailing technological paradigm when the productive contraction occurred.
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spelling «The Great Depression» versus «The Great Recession». Financial crashes and industrial slumps Parejo Barranco, J. Antonio, 1956- Sudrià, Carles, 1953- Història econòmica Crisi econòmica del 1929 Crisi econòmica, 2008-2009 Indústria Crisis financeres Economic history Depression, 1929 Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 Industry Financial crises This article analyzes and compares the performance of the industrial sector during the «Great Depression» of the 1930s and the «Great Recession» that began in 2007 using the best available synthetic indicator, the Index of Industrial Production. The main objective is to update and extend the exercise presented by Barry Eichengreen and Kevin O'Rourke in 2009 and 2010 in the voxEU website. In addition to extending the analysis of the «Great Recession» with the latest monthly figures available for the world as a whole, we have introduced regional and country level analysis, and also a broader view using annual data for periods of around twenty years. The results generally confirm what was observed by Eichengreen and O'Rourke and other authors who have dealt with industrial activity. However, our approach emphasizes two elements that we believe should be incorporated into the debate: the actual development of the industrial sector (especially the manufacturing subsector) in the years preceding each crisis and the stage of development of the prevailing technological paradigm when the productive contraction occurred. Universitat de Barcelona https://hdl.handle.net/2445/114585
spellingShingle «The Great Depression» versus «The Great Recession». Financial crashes and industrial slumps
Parejo Barranco, J. Antonio, 1956-
Història econòmica
Crisi econòmica del 1929
Crisi econòmica, 2008-2009
Indústria
Crisis financeres
Economic history
Depression, 1929
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
Industry
Financial crises
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title «The Great Depression» versus «The Great Recession». Financial crashes and industrial slumps
title_full «The Great Depression» versus «The Great Recession». Financial crashes and industrial slumps
title_fullStr «The Great Depression» versus «The Great Recession». Financial crashes and industrial slumps
title_full_unstemmed «The Great Depression» versus «The Great Recession». Financial crashes and industrial slumps
title_short «The Great Depression» versus «The Great Recession». Financial crashes and industrial slumps
title_sort «The Great Depression» versus «The Great Recession». Financial crashes and industrial slumps
topic Història econòmica
Crisi econòmica del 1929
Crisi econòmica, 2008-2009
Indústria
Crisis financeres
Economic history
Depression, 1929
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
Industry
Financial crises
topic_facet Història econòmica
Crisi econòmica del 1929
Crisi econòmica, 2008-2009
Indústria
Crisis financeres
Economic history
Depression, 1929
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
Industry
Financial crises
url https://hdl.handle.net/2445/114585