This paper offers an overview of the development of European industry between 1700 and 1870, drawing in particular on the recent literature that has emerged following the formation of the European Historical Economics Society in 1991. The approach thus makes use of economic analysis and...

[eng] Abstract In the middle of the 19th century, coal from Great-Britain was preponderated on the regional markets in Northern Germany. Declining transportation costs in overland haulage on rail allowed German suppliers to penetrate these markets and to undermine the British predominance during...

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 Ge-samtrechnung. Ökonomen, Wirtschafts- und Sozialhistoriker sowie politisch orientierte...

We try to measure the impact work creation programs and rearmament had on employment and production of the German economy before World War II. Theoretically based on an extended version of the conventional input-output analysis, our model or analytical framework integrates the Keynesian...

This paper offers an overview of the development of European industry between 1700 and 1870, drawing in particular on the recent literature that has emerged following the formation of the European Historical Economics Society in 1991. The approach thus makes use of economic analysis and...

We try to measure the impact work creation programs and rearmament had on employment and production of the German economy before World War II. Theoretically based on an extended version of the conventional input-output analysis, our model or analytical framework integrates the Keynesian...

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 Ge-samtrechnung. Ökonomen, Wirtschafts- und Sozialhistoriker sowie politisch orientierte...

We present a new estimate of Anglo-German manufacturing productivity levels for 1935/36. It is based on archival data on German manufacturing and published British census data. We calculate comparative levels of value added, correcting for differences in prices for outputs and inputs. This...