Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/179536 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IBF Paper Series No. 01-18
Publisher: 
IBF - Institut für Bank- und Finanzgeschichte, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
This article provides the first in-depth account on the organisational history of the Berlin Bourse based on archival evidence. It demonstrates that the microstructures of the Berlin Bourse basically corresponded to the needs and activities of the largest commercial banks and, consequently, argues that these large banks played a 'gatekeeping' role in securities trading. Moreover, the Berlin example perfectly illustrates the close ties which existed between banks and financial markets and the resulting amalgamation of banking and stock-broking activities in imperial Germany. The comparison to the London Stock Exchange also shows that both stock exchanges fulfilled different economic roles within the overall financial system.
JEL: 
N20
N23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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