Summary information
Study title
The long-term rate of return of german stock 1870 to 1959
Creator
Ronge, Ulrich
Study number / PID
ZA8281, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)
10.4232/1.8281 (DOI)
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Abstract
History of German capital market.
Ronge computes a constant historical stock index on the basis of a constant kept stock-portfolio, which retraces the development till the 19th century.
Note:
Only the time series data of the index levels from 1870 to 1959 were entered into the online data base HISTAT (Historical Statistics). The total stock of the study´s data is archived under the study-number ZA8281 and is available on request.
Topics:
Data-Tables in HISTAT:
A.
A.1 Weekend values of nominal stock indices 1870 to 1959;
A.2 Monthly averages, nominal and adjusted for price 1870 to 1959
(Adjustment from the point of view of a hypothetical swiss investor; adjustment by german living costs);
A.3 Annual return, nominal and adjusted for price 1871 to 1959
(Adjustment from the point of view of a hypothetical swiss investor; adjustment by german living costs).
B. Stock index till 2000 according to R. Stehle:
B1.1 Comparison of Ronge’s and Stehle’s nominal stock indices (1946-1959)
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Methodology
Data collection period
1870 - 1995
Country
Germany
Time dimension
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Sources: Daily newspaper; Handbooks; Publications: Kronenberger, F., 1920: Die Preisbewegung der Effekten in Deutschland, in: Betriebs- und finanzwirtschaftliche Forschungen, Heft 2, Berlin).
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Publisher
GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences
Publication year
2008
Terms of data access
A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.
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