Der ökonomische und politische Desintegrationsprozeß innerhalb der Russischen Föderation führte zwischen 1990 und 1994 zu einer Halbierung des überregionalen innerrussischen Getreidehandels und deutlichen Rückgängen in der Erzeugung. Aus der europäischen Wirtschaftsgeschichte und den...

The rise of a western-style middle class in many successful emerging economies like China currently is inducing deep structural changes on agricultural world markets and within the global agri-food business. As a result of both higher incomes and concerns over product safety and quality the...

Our purpose here is to challenge the big-bang approach to economic history in which some alleged institutional imposition - a deus machine - is claimed to launch a series of new economic behaviors. This so-called prime mover is then carried forward by the inexorable forces of path dependency to...