We examine the origins, persistence, and economic consequences of institutional structures of agricultural production. We compare farms in the Argentine Pampas and US Midwest, regions of similar potential input and output mixes. The focus is on 1910-1914, during the international grain trade...

It is a commonplace that, within commercial law, the law of personal property is particularly important, and it is also obvious that commercial law deals to a large extent with cross-border transactions and business relationships. This article gives an overview of German moveable property law,...