Greenhouse emissions and economic recessions: Did industrial economies “Stay Cool” during the 1930s economic crisis?

• Authors: Vincentas Rolandas Giedraitis , Sarunas Girdenas , Adomas Rovas
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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In this historical economic interdisciplinary research we investigate the impact of the 1930s economic crisis and their relationship to global warming. We investigate two consecutive hegemonic powers: the United Kingdom and the United States. Our assumption was that a reduction in demand would lead to a decrease in mean global temperatures during depressions. We find that in fact reduced carbon dioxide in the atmosphere resulting from lowered production does not result in cooling temperatures.

Keywords

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historical economic sociology; Kondratiev wave theory; World-systems analysis; economic crises; global climate change

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Prague Development Center, Czech Republic
• Journal: Business and Economic Horizons
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 46-50

Contributors

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Vincentas Rolandas Giedraitis

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Sarunas Girdenas

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Adomas Rovas

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