Was the 18th century a time period of gradual market integration? Or did the wars, famines, and criminality drive central European markets away from each other? We perform cointegration tests between four German and three Polish cities for rye markets in the 18th century, plus selected tests...

The relationship between economy and democracy has always been fraught with conflict in the modernity. It is difficult to use the legal system to democratize economic behaviour without restricting efficiency. The volume explores this problematic relationship from the perspective of history,...

The concept of regulation is also connected to the humanities and history, a fact which had been given little attention up to now. Experts in constitutional and European law as well as legal and economic historians have explored this field in a joint research project, the results of which are...