Ogilvie, Sheilagh C.. Institutions and European Trade : Merchant Guilds, 1000-1800

Folger bibliographic ID: 245807
Folger call number: HF3495 .O45 2011
Folger holdings ID: 312597

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General notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-175) and index

Contents

1. Merchant guilds, efficiency, and social capital -- 2. What was a merchant guild? -- 3. Local merchant guilds -- 4. Alien merchant guilds and companies -- 5. Merchant guilds and rulers -- 6. Commercial security -- 7. Contract enforcement -- 8. Principal-agent problems -- 9. Information -- 10. Price volatility -- 11. Institutions, social capital and economic development

Extended title: Institutions and European Trade : Merchant Guilds, 1000-1800 / Sheilagh Ogilvie

Europe Merchants BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History

author: Ogilvie, Sheilagh C.