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Grain markets in Europe, 1500-1900 : integration and deregulation /
"Karl Gunnar Persson surveys a broad sweep of economic history, examining one of the most crucial markets - grain. His analysis allows him to draw more general lessons - for example, that liberalisation of markets was linked to political authoritarianism. Grain Markets in Europe, 1500-1900 trac...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©1999.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in modern economic history ;
7. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Karl Gunnar Persson surveys a broad sweep of economic history, examining one of the most crucial markets - grain. His analysis allows him to draw more general lessons - for example, that liberalisation of markets was linked to political authoritarianism. Grain Markets in Europe, 1500-1900 traces early regulation to poor performance and frequent market failures. Price volatility caused by harvest shocks was of major concern for central and local government because of the unrest it caused. Regulation became obsolete when markets became more integrated and performed better through trade triggered by falling transport costs. Karl Gunnar Persson, a specialist in economic history, uses insights from development economics, explores contemporary economic thought on the advantages of free trade and measures the extent of market integration using state-of-the-art econometric methods. Grain Markets in Europe, 1500-1900 will be of value to scholars and students in economic history, social history and agricultural and institutional economics."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 173 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-169) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511040458 9780511040450 0521650968 9780521650960 0511117582 9780511117589 9780511496820 0511496826 9786610161997 6610161992 0511149859 9780511149856 0511309880 9780511309885 0511052219 9780511052217 |