The bonds of trade :: economic institutions in pre-modern Northern Europe /

Pre-modern, long-distance trade was conducted in a highly complex and uncertain environment. Aside from the lack of personal security, trade was characterized by slow communication, asymmetric information, and limited contract enforceability. There was no state, in the modern sense, to protect merch...

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1. Verfasser: Kallioinen, Mika
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
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Zusammenfassung:Pre-modern, long-distance trade was conducted in a highly complex and uncertain environment. Aside from the lack of personal security, trade was characterized by slow communication, asymmetric information, and limited contract enforceability. There was no state, in the modern sense, to protect merchants. Despite these overwhelming problems, trade, and even overseas trade, flourished in medieval and early modern Europe. This book explores this paradox: how could trade thrive and the economy ex ...
Beschreibung:1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443843195
1443843199
9781299644588
1299644589

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