Liquidation of the non-essential: bankruptcy procedures in Slovenia under the influence of food provisioning, 1918-1923

• Authors: Ivan Smiljanić
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article discusses the economic situation in Slovenia after World War I through the lens of bankruptcy procedures. While bankruptcies were a common occurrence in the Austro- Hungarian economy, their number decreased significantly during World War I due to the stagnation of the economic market. After the war, most of the Slovene lands became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The period until the mid-1920s was one of economic prosperity, following a period of gradual recuperation in the first post-war years. In the years after 1918, bankruptcies were relatively rare and mostly concerned enterprises that were considered non-essential, i.e. those which did not supply food; all other enterprises were rather dispensable. From 1921, the economy stabilized and the number of bankruptcies slowly increased until the 1925 deflationary crisis. Archival sources frequently mention foodstuffs as part of bankruptcy estates, but they posed a problem for bankruptcy managers and debtors because their questionable quality made them difficult to sell and they spoiled quickly.

Keywords

EN

bankruptcies; Slovene economy; World War I; Kingdom of Serbs; Croats and Slovenes; food provision

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Masaryk's Institute and Archives, ASCR
• Journal: Střed. Časopis pro mezioborová studia Střední Evropy 19. a 20. století. / Centre. Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies of Central Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 60-79
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Ivan Smiljanić

• Masarykův ústav a archiv AV ČR, v.v.i., Gabčíkova 2362/10, 182 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic