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...

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...

"Life course research accentuates that employment trajectories are governed by individual determinants and endogenous causalities; thus, the start to the employment career enduringly affects workers' future mobility patterns. However, their actions are always embedded within a particular...

"The attractiveness for the location of multinational firms is seen as a crucial issue for the development and prosperity of regions. This article focuses on a two-country relationship and deals with the regional distribution of German multinational firms and their affiliates in the Czech...

Der Beitrag untersucht, inwieweit die Entscheidung, ob man in der Stadt oder auf dem Land wohnt und welche strukturellen Eigenschaften eine Stadt hat, dazu beiträgt, den Pro-Kopf-Ausstoß an schädlichen Treibhausgasen – insbesondere CO2 – zu reduzieren.

An economic history of the development of California dairy policies from 1935 to 1965 is used to support the hypothesis that the incompatibility of discrete policy changes for a dynamic industry generates deadweight losses. Combining quantitative industry data with legal and personal narratives...

Olive tree represents today the major tree concentration in Europe. Its great expansion started at 19th Century caused by liberal agrarian reforms and, traditionally, has been associated with agrarian modernization in Mediterranean basin due to the growing integration of its production in...