BRATISLAVA COMMODITY EXCHANGE (1922 – 1952). THE VARIED FUNCTIONING OF AN INSTITUTION

• Authors: Miroslav Fabricius
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Bratislava Commodity Exchange (Bratislavská plodinová burza) was established in 1922. It had two sections, one for trade in agricultural crops and the other for trade in timber. Its organizational structure, administration and the activity of the exchange court were regulated by a statute. In an attempt to contribute to the development of grain production, it established exhibition markets for Slovak barley in the framework of the Danubian Trade Fair (Dunajský veľtrh), and strove to facilitate the international exchange of goods through the port of Bratislava. After the establishment of a grain monopoly and the resulting purchase of grain, animal feed and milled products only at official prices, the exchange lost its function in the field of fixing prices. After the formation of the Slovak Republic in 1939, it was transformed into the Bratislava Exchange (Bratislavská burza), and its activity was widened to include a financial section. It traded in securities and foreign currencies, but in shares only sporadically. The introduction of a planned economy and centrally planned direction of the economy narrowed its activity to an arbitration function and expert activity. It was dissolved in 1952.

Keywords

EN

HISTORY; BRATISLAVA COMMODITY EXCHANGE; DANUBIAN TRADE FAIR; ARBITRATION COURT; GRAIN MONOPOLY; PLANNED ECONOMY

• Publisher: Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Historický časopis (Historical Journal)
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 61
• Issue: suppl. issue
• Pages: 107 – 128

Contributors

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Miroslav Fabricius

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