Quantitative studies of the Renaissance Florentine economy and society /
The book is a collection of nine quantitative studies about Renaissance Florentine economy and society. Topics include plague outbreaks, interest rates, wealth distribution, taxes and subsidies, art history, neighbourhood segregation, competitive markets and monopoly power, women's work and bus...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Anthem Press,
2017.
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Edición: | 1st |
Colección: | Anthem Other Canon economics
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- The costs and benefits of running away: late medieval Florentine plague mortality and behavior
- When economic theory meets medieval contracts: calculating the Monte Comune interest rate
- The chances of getting rich in Renaissance Florence: the wool industry occupational wealth hierarchy
- Palaces and workers: neighborhood residential segregation in Renaissance Florence
- The "state" makes a work of art: the impact of the Catasto home owner tax loophole on the Quattrocento Florentine palazzo building boom
- Not getting ahead in life: the lack of life-cycle wealth accumulation in Quattrocento Tuscany
- Just doing business: testing competition in the Renaissance Florentine wool industry
- Time for it all: women in the Renaissance Florentine wool industry
- Why were Renaissance Florentine wool industry companies so small?
- Conclusion.