Research Interests
Production, Technology and Economic Growth during the 20th Century
Biography
Dr Ristuccia works on production technology and economic growth during the 20th century, with particular reference to the inter-war period and the Second World War. His focus is comparative and covers industrial development in the US, Japan, the UK, Germany, France and Italy. His teaching focuses on Germany and on international financial instability in the inter-war period, and on the economics of dictatorships.
Recent Publications
Published Papers
Ristuccia, C. A. and Solomou, S. Can general purpose technology theory explain economic growth? Electrical power as a case study, (2014) European Review of Economic HistoryRistuccia, C. A. and Tooze, A. Machine tools and mass production in the armaments boom: Germany and the United States, 1929-44., (2013) Economic History Review
Ristuccia, C. A. and Solomou , S. General Purpose Technologies and Economic Growth: Electricity Diffusion in the Manufacturing Sector Before WWII, (2010) CWPE1048
Teaching
PIIB Paper 14 - Michaelmas - World Depression in the Inter-War Period: National Themes