Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/90883 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
eabh Papers No. 14-01
Publisher: 
The European Association for Banking and Financial History (EABH), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
This paper introduces a new database on Irish land bonds listed on the Dublin Stock Exchange from 1891 to 1938. It outlines the nature of these bonds and presents data on their size, liquidity and market returns. These government-guaranteed bonds arose during a period when the possibility of Irish secession from the United Kingdom appeared ever more likely, and were used to finance the transfer of land ownership from landlords to tenants in Ireland (North and South). Movements in the prices of these bonds can help financial historians understand how financial markets responded to events in the early economic and political history of the Irish Free State, including Irish partition, Independence, Civil War and de facto default. Additionally, understanding these issues has contemporary relevance for regions in Spain (Catalonia, Euskadi), Great Britain (Scotland) and Belgium (Flanders).
Subjects: 
Irish financial history
land reform
land bonds
Dublin Stock Exchange
JEL: 
N23
N24
N53
N54
G15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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