Grain Markets in Europe, 1500-1900 Integration and Deregulation |
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| Author:
| Persson, Karl Gunnar |
| Contribution by:
| Feinstein, Charles
O'Brien, Patrick
Supple, Barry
Temin, Peter
Toniolo, Gianni |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-02388-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2005 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $36.99 |
Book Description:
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Karl Persson surveys a broad sweep of economic history, examining one of the most crucial markets--grain--in order to demonstrate more general points. Grain Markets in Europe traces the markets' early regulation, their poor performance and the frequent market failures. Price volatility caused by harvest shocks was of major concern for central and local government because of the unrest it caused. Persson uses insights from development economics, explores contemporary economic thought on...
More DescriptionKarl Persson surveys a broad sweep of economic history, examining one of the most crucial markets--grain--in order to demonstrate more general points. Grain Markets in Europe traces the markets' early regulation, their poor performance and the frequent market failures. Price volatility caused by harvest shocks was of major concern for central and local government because of the unrest it caused. Persson uses insights from development economics, explores contemporary economic thought on the advantages of free trade, and measures the extent of market integration using the latest econometric methods.