The Zollverein, a customs union between independent German states in the first half of the 19th century, was the central institutional element of Germany's economic unification. This dissertation investigates two important issues, namely its formation process as well as the economic impact of this ...
was unwilling to admit Austria to the union, but the two countries negotiated a separate tariff treaty. After theAustro-Prussian War(1866) a new agreement was reached by the members of the union. The newly formedNorth German Confederationentered the Zollverein in a body, and the other German ...