Prof. Dr. Carsten Burhop

Professor of Constitutional, Social and Economic History | Website of Institute
Principal Investigator of CASFI

Kaiserplatz 7–9

53113 Bonn

Research Focus

History of financial capitalism, especially German and British banking and stock exchange history since the 19th century
Business History, especially business organization and innovation
History of income, productivity and living standards in Germany and Great Britain since the 19th century

Academic Positions

Since October 2016: Professor of Constitutional, Social and Economic History, University of Bonn
March 2013 – September 2016: Professor of Economic and Social History of the 19th and 20th Centuries with a focus on World Economic History, University of Vienna
April 2010 – February 2013: Professor (W3) of Economic and Business History, University of Cologne

Education

July 12, 2005: Habilitation (Venia legendi in Economics), University of Münster
November 13, 2002: Ph.D. in Constitutional, Social and Economic History, University of Bonn
February 28, 2000: Diploma in Economics, University of Bonn

Memberships

Member for Economic and Social History in the Review Board of Economic Sciences at the German Research Foundation (DFG) (2012–2019)
Member of the Cross-Sectional Review Board for Long-Term Programs in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the DFG (2012–2019)
Member of the Verein für Socialpolitik / Committee for Economic History
Scientific Advisory Board Member at the Institute for Banking and Financial History
Scientific Advisory Board Member at the Society for Corporate History
Scientific Advisory Board Member at the Otto von Bismarck Foundation
Advisory Board Member of the Economic History Yearbook
Editorial Board Member of the Financial History Review
Managing Editor of the Journal of Corporate History

Burhop, C. and Selgert, F. (2025) Dividend Policy: An Empirical Analysis for Imperial Germany. German Economic Review.
Wirtschaftskrisen und erste Globalisierung. Die Außenwirtschaftsordnung als Krisenfaktor: 1873 und 1907.
Jahrbuch für Liberalismus-Forschung, 34, 2022, S. 189–208.
Trading costs and trading quantity at the Berlin Stock Exchange, 1892–1913 (gemeinsam mit Sergey Gelman). Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte, 67 (1), 2022, S. 21–42.
Börsen und Banken zur Zeit der Gründerkrise (gemeinsam mit Felix Selgert) In: Ulrich Pfister, Jan-Otmar Hesse, Mark Spoerer und Nikolaus Wolf (Hrsg.), Deutschland 1871. Die Nationalstaatsbildung und der Weg in die moderne Wirtschaft, Mohr Siebeck, 2021, S. 223–242.
Das Wechselkreditgeschäft der Reichsbank vor der Bankenkrise von 1931. Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 61 (2), 2020, S. 403–428.
Further publications