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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b11646444.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "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 -- 6. Authoritarian liberalism and the decline of grain market regulation in Europe, 1760-1860.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-169) and index.".
- catalog extent "xx, 173 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521650968 (hbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge studies in modern economic history ; 7".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Europe.".
- catalog subject "381/.4131/094 21".
- catalog subject "Grain trade Deregulation Europe.".
- catalog subject "Grain trade Europe.".
- catalog subject "Grain trade Government policy Europe.".
- catalog subject "HD9045.A2 P47 1999".
- catalog subject "Trigo Comercio Europa Siglos XVI-XIX".
- catalog tableOfContents "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 -- 6. Authoritarian liberalism and the decline of grain market regulation in Europe, 1760-1860.".
- catalog title "Grain markets in Europe, 1500-1900 : integration and deregulation / Karl Gunnar Persson.".
- catalog type "text".