The German population's material standard of living during the 'peace years' of the Nazi regime (1933-38) is much debated. We use hitherto disregarded consumption data and the axiom of revealed preferences to test whether the material standard of living improved. We find that the food...

This paper studies moral hazard in a sickness-insurance fund that provided the model for social-insurance schemes around the world. The German Knappschaften were formed in the medieval period to provide sickness, accident, and death benefits for miners. By the mid-nineteenth century,...

Neue deutsche Wirtschaftsgeschichte des 2oJahrhunderts von Prof. Dr.MarkSpoerer Universität Regensburg Prof. Dr. Jochen Streb Universität Mannheim Oldenbourg Verlag München Inhaltsverzeichnis Vorwort ...

We argue that, for a given level of scientific knowledge, tolerance and diversity are conducive to technological creativity and innovation. In particular, we show that variations in innovation within Prussia during the second industrial revolution can be ascribed to differences in religious...

The Knappschaft underlies Bismarck's sickness and accident insurance legislation (1883 and 1884), which in turn forms the basis of the German social-insurance system today and, indirectly, many social-insurance systems around the world. The Knappschaften were formed in the medieval period to...

Gert Kollmer-von Oheimb-Loup/ Jochen Streb (Hg.) Finanzierung von Innovationen J a n Thorbecke Verlag j|b Inhalt Christine Bechtle-Kobarg Zum Geleit VII Gert...

The German population's material standard of living during the 'peace years' of the Nazi regime (1933-38) is much debated. We use hitherto disregarded consumption data and the axiom of revealed preferences to test whether the material standard of living improved. We find that the food...