Most labor scarce overseas countries moved decisively to restrict their immigration during the first third of the 20th century. This autarchic retreat from unrestricted and even publiclysubsidized immigration in the first global century before World War I to the quotas and bans introduced...

Das 1965 von Walther G. Hoffmann publizierte Werk zum "Wachstum der deutschen Wirtschaft seit der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts" gilt noch stets als Standardwerk zur volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnung. Ökonomen, Wirtschafts- und Sozialhistoriker sowie politisch orientierte...

Historical events are reflected in asset prices. In this paper, we analyse government bond prices of Germany and Austria traded on the Swiss bourse during WWII. Some war events that are generally considered crucial are clearly reflected in government bond prices. This holds, in particular, for...

The purpose of this dissertation is to explore and analyze the German Judenpolitik in Denmark by focusing on the Aryanization of Danish-German trade relations and anti-Jewish policies in Denmark from 1937 until August 1943. As a second research goal, it examines the reactions of the Danish...