Europe and the USA: Comparing What with What?
质疑欧美经济比较的局限性，通过重新分组国家，强调欧洲内部的异质性，并建议将美国与单个欧洲国家的比较作为补充。
Recent divergencies in economic development have led to a growing literature comparing the US economy with (OECD‐)Europe. The present article argues for a sceptical awareness of some limitations of these comparisons. By alternative groupings of countries the heterogeneous nature of European countries is underlined (limited to growth, inflation, and unemployment). This leads to the conclusion that to some extent comparisons between European nations or between the US and individual European nations could be valuable supplements to the generalizing US‐Europe comparisons.