From Imaginary Profits to Armament Boom. The Yield on Company Capital of German Industrial Joint-Stock Companies 1925-1941

This study deals with the German industry’s profitability during the period of the so called ‘Golden Twenties’ and the during the NS-Regime, in order to answer the question if industrial profits in the thirties due to the close cooperation with the Nazi-Regime in Germany would have been higher or lower in comparison to profits gained in normal periods. Was the profit development more favorable in the branches relevant for armament than in typical consumer goods branches?

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Tables in HISTAT:

- Stated income-to-equity ratio of German industrial corporations, 1886-1939 by Branches (in %)
- Average yearly income-to-equity ratio of German incorporated companies of industrial sector, 1926-1938 (in Mio. RM)
- Price indices of capital goods and industrial finished goods 1924-1932
- Real growth rates of the social product and of industrial production per capita, 1886-1913 and 1926-1941 (in %)
- Tax burden, profit report behavior and dividend distribution of German incorporated companies, 1925-1941 (Mio. RM)