Martin Uebele obtained his PhD in economics from Humboldt University Berlin, and has since been working as assistant professor in economic history in Münster/Germany and Groningen/Netherlands. His topics are international market integration in the 19th century, and historical business cycles in the context of long run economic development. He is lecturer in economic and social history at the University of Groningen (Netherlands) http://www.rug.nl/staff/m.uebele/