The rise and fall of a public debt market in 16th-century China : the story of the Ming salt certificate /
During the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the government invited merchants to deliver grain in return for salt certificates with which merchants drew salt as reward. The salt certificate therefore represented a national debt, denominated in salt, the government thereby owed merchants. A speculative marke...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2016]
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Colección: | Monies, markets, and finance in East Asia, 1600-1900 ;
v. 8. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |