The Habsburg Monarchy as a Customs Union: Economic Development in Austria-Hungary in the Nineteenth Century

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by  John Komlos

The Habsburg Monarchy
as a Customs Union

The Habsburg Monarchy
as a Customs Union
Economic Development in Austria-Hungary
in the Nineteenth Century
John Komlos
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
PRINCETON, N E W J E R S E Y
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Contents
List of Figures ix
ListofTables xi
Preface xvii
Introduction 3
ι. The Mid-Century Reforms 25
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CUSTOMS UNION
BETWEEN AUSTRIAAND HUNGARYIN 1850
THE EMANCIPATION OF THE PEASANTRY
2. Austro-Hungarian Agricultural Development
until the 1870s 52
3. The Beginning of Modern Economic Growth
in Austria 9°
4. Industrialization in Hungary 112
THE PATTERN OF GROWTH
THE FLOUR INDUSTRY
THE ROLE OF THE STATE
FOREIGN CAPITAL IN THE HUNGARIAN ECONOMY
AN ASSESSMENT OF HUNGARY'S
INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE
5. Conclusion 214
Appendixes
A. A Calculation of the Gains That Were
Obtained in Consequence of the Forma
tion of the Customs Union in 1850
υιιι : Contents
Β. Estimating the Economic Importance of
the Peasant Emancipation
C. A Comment on Recent Research on Aus­
trian Industrial Growth
D. Agricultural Production Index for Hun­
gary, 1870-1913
E. Construction of the Industrial Production
Indexes
Bibliography 323
Index 339
List of Figures
2.1 Austrian Demand for Hungarian Grain,
1819-1837 66
2.2 Decrease in the Production of Grain in
Hungary Proper by Counties, 1844-1864 69
2.3 Hungary's Exports in 1868 prices, 1850-1874 70
2.4 Internal Shipments of Grain in Hungary,
1850-1872 71
2.5 Hungarian Agricultural Expous, 1821-1875 in
1868 prices 73
2.6 Hungarian Exports of Grain, Wool, Wine,
Flour, and Livestock in 1868 prices, 1831-1875 76
2.7 Wheat Prices, Wages, and Paper Money in
Circulation in Austria-Hungary, 1819-1868 80
2.8 Austrian Demand for Hungarian Wheat,
1831-1850 87
2.9 Austrian Demand for Hungarian Rye,
1831-1850 88
2.10 World Demand for Austro-Hungarian Wheat,
1831-1850 89
3.1 Austrian Industrial Production in 1913 prices,
1776-1850 93
3.2 Steam Engines in Austria-Hungary, 1828-1863 105
3.3 Austro-Hungarian Imports of Producers'
Goods, 1831-1850 106
4.1 Hungarian Production and Exports of Pig
Iron, 1830-1854 117
4.2 Flour Production in Budapest, 1866-1913 140
4.3 Hungarian Government Expenditures and
Investments, 1869-1913 153