Financial Markets and Land Redistribution in 19th Century East Prussia

Abstract

How did the emerging market for land in the 19th century influence land distribution in East Prussia? And how did land markets respond to the emergence of financial institutions that relied on land as collateral but also affected the ease and speed of land transfer?

Keywords

• financial markets
• land distribution
• pfandbriefe
• finanzmärkte
• landverteilung
• landschaften (kreditinstitute)
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