The research regarding the effects of the Second World War on the Swedish economy is divided into two parts; on the one hand, there is research that says that neutral Sweden benefited because the country was spared from the war, but on the other, there is research that says that the total effects of the war were negative. Furthermore, researchers such as Hirschman that the prevailing conditions created a situation where small states like Sweden were exploited by great powers. For example, Child argued that Germany in particular exploited smaller trading partners to create favorable terms of trade. This was reflected in their trade agreements. According to this perspective, countries such as Germany used their stronger bargaining power in negotiations to achieve advantages. According to the dependent school theory, which e.g. Hirschman represents, exploited Germany especially smaller, neutral, trading partners. But there is also research by e.g. Neal which shows that there is no evidence that Germany's trade relations with trading partners were in Germany's favor.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-490312 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Jackson, Tobias |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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