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The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective

World War I formed the 20th century. On the centennial of its end in November 1918, this eBook brings together 20 contributions covering the preparations for, conduct of, and consequences of the war.

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Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds) (2018), ‘The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective‘, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Broadberry, S and M Harrison (2018), ‘Introduction: The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Harrison, M (2018), ‘Four myths about the Great War‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Ransom, R (2018), ‘Too many smoking guns: How a conflict in the Balkans became a world war‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Milanovic, B (2018), ‘Inequality, imperialism, and the outbreak of World War I‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Eloranta, J (2018), ‘The prewar arms race and the causes of the Great War‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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James, H (2018), ‘Lessons from the financial preparations in the lead-up to World War I‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Offer, A (2018), ‘Endowments for war in 1914‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Hatton, T (2018), ‘Short poppies: The heights of servicemen in World War I‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Broadberry, S (2018), ‘World War I: Why the Allies won‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Jopp, T (2018), ‘Firms and the German war economy: Warmongers for the sake of profit?‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Vonyó, T (2018), ‘Demise and disintegration: The economic consequences of the Great War in Central Europe‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Markevich, A (2018), ‘Russia in the Great War: Mobilisation, grain, and revolution‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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de Jong, H and S Nikolić (2018), ‘Neutral economies in World War I‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Crafts, N (2018), ‘Walking wounded: The British economy in the aftermath of World War I‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Rockoff, H (2018), ‘The halo of victory: What Americans learned from World War I‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Keeling, D (2018), ‘August 1914 and the end of unrestricted mass migration‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Scheidel, W (2018), ‘Inequality: From the Great War to the Great Compression‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Millward, R (2018), ‘The demographic impact of the Great War: Killings, diseases, and displacements‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Gatrell, P (2018), ‘Europe's first refugee crisis: World War I‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Clavin, P (2018), ‘International organisation and World War I‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective

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Jacks, D (2018), ‘The first great trade collapse: The effects of World War I on international trade in the short and long run‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-great-war-centennial-perspective