Volckart, Oliver 
ORCID: 0000-0001-7330-111X
(2003)
Polykratische Wirtschaftspolitik: zu den Beziehungen zwischen Wirtschaftsministerium, Arbeitsministerium, DAF und Reichsnährstand, 1933—1939.
VSWG: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 90 (2).
pp. 174-193.
ISSN 0340-8728
Abstract
In this article, the hypothesis is examined that in the "Third Reich" bureaucratic agencies engaged in economic policies competed with each other. First, a model of competition is constructed whose predictions are then compared with actual political processes in Nazi-Germany. This shows that the bureaus indeed competed with each other, supp lying Hitler with political support in exchange for rents. However, in contrast to what the model pre dicts, the bureaus did not adapt their policy supply to the dictator's wishes. In order to explain this outcome, the paper examines how Hitler protected himself against competitors to himself and how his
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.steiner-verlag.de |
| Additional Information: | © 2003 Franz Steiner Verlag |
| Divisions: | Economic History |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D731 World War II H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2017 13:26 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2024 05:15 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/84615 |
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