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dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Jeremyen
dc.contributor.authorOgilvie, Sheilaghen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-27-
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-29T11:20:34Z-
dc.date.available2011-06-29T11:20:34Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/46517-
dc.description.abstractThe medieval Champagne fairs are widely used to draw lessons about the institutional basis for long-distance impersonal exchange. This paper re-examines the causes of the outstanding success of the Champagne fairs in mediating international trade, the timing and causes of the fairs' decline, and the institutions for securing property rights and enforcing contracts at the fairs. It finds that contract enforcement at the fairs did not take the form of private-order or corporative mechanisms, but was provided by public institutions. More generally, the success and decline of the Champagne fairs depended crucially on the policies adopted by the public authorities.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x3438en
dc.subject.jelN43en
dc.subject.jelN73en
dc.subject.jelO17en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordlegal systemen
dc.subject.keywordmedieval Europeen
dc.subject.keywordtradeen
dc.subject.keywordprivate-order institutionsen
dc.subject.keywordcommunityen
dc.subject.keywordresponsibility systemen
dc.subject.stwAußenhandelsgeschichteen
dc.subject.stwMesseen
dc.subject.stwVertragen
dc.subject.stwRechtsordnungen
dc.subject.stwInstitutionalismusen
dc.subject.stwMittelalteren
dc.subject.stwWesteuropaen
dc.titleWhat lessons for economic development can we draw from the Champagne fairs?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn66077528Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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