| Description |
1 online resource (195 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in modern economic history |
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Cambridge studies in modern economic history.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Bread and Enlightenment: the quest for price stability and free trade in eighteenth-century Europe; 2 Markets, mortality and human capabilities; 3 Harvest fluctuations, storage and grain-price responses; 4 Market failures and the regulation of grain markets: a new interpretation; 5 Market integration and the stabilisation of grain prices in Europe, 1500 ... 1900 |
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6 Authoritarian liberalism and the decline of grain market regulation in Europe, 1760 ... 1860Sources; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This is a modern economic and institutional history of European grain markets. This book examines the markets' early regulation, their poor performance and the frequent market failures. Using insights from development economics and econometrics, Persson also extracts general lessons from this survey of the grain trade |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-169) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Grain trade -- Europe
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Grain trade -- Government policy -- Europe
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Grain trade -- Deregulation -- Europe
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Grain -- Europe -- Commercial policy
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Grain trade
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Grain trade -- Deregulation
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Grain trade -- Government policy
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Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Feinstein, Charles
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O'Brien, Patrick
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Supple, Barry
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Temin, Peter
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Toniolo, Gianni
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| ISBN |
9780511052217 |
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0511052219 |
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0511117582 |
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9780511117589 |
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128016199X |
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9781280161995 |
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0521650968 |
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9780521650960 |
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9780511496820 |
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0511496826 |
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9780521023887 |
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0521023882 |
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