Burn Everything British but their Coal: the Anglo-Irish Economic War of the 1930s

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic History
Year: 1991
Volume: 51
Issue: 2
Pages: 357-366

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

The Anglo-Irish Economic War of 1932 to 1938 was eventually settled on terms highly favorable to the Irish. This article uses a computational general equilibrium model of the interwar Irish economy to argue that the welfare costs of the war were not so great as has been thought, and that the dispute helped de Valera electorally. These considerations help explain the eventual Irish “victory” in the Economic War.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:cup:jechis:v:51:y:1991:i:02:p:357-366_03
Journal Field
Economic History
Author Count
1
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2026-01-26