The aim of this thesis is to define the role of craft guilds in the emergence and extension of the medieval european markets. It comes within the framework of the New Economic History which uses explicitly the economic theory to interpret history. The contributions of the economics of information are particularly successful in analysing an organization as complex as the medieval craft guilds. Asymmetric information about product quality explains the logical birth of these organizations by highlighting their positive role in the structuralization of markets and the definition of regulating rules in industrial and commercial activities. Adverse selection and moral hazard allow to justify the relevance of the medieval agents choice to resort t...
The history of the growth of a city in Western Europe, particularly the cities in the Benelux region...
The paper revisits the rationale for the emergence of merchant guilds within a competitive setting a...
Over the last few decades most guild studies in medieval history have successfully shifted towards a...
The aim of this thesis is to define the role of craft guilds in the emergence and extension of the m...
The recent literature on craft guilds in late medieval and early modern Europe no longer considers t...
Renaissance views on trade secrets, while illustrating shifts in mental attitudes, are also to be an...
We develop a theory of the emergence of merchant guilds as an efficient mechanism to foster cooperat...
One of the standard objections against guilds in the premodern world has been their exclusiveness. G...
One of the standard objections against citizenship systems and trade organizations in the premodern ...
We develop a theory of the emergence of merchant guilds as an efficient mechanism to foster cooperat...
For a long time guilds have been condemned as a major obstacle to economic progress in the pre-indus...
What factors affect the diffusion of new economic institutions? This paper examines this question ex...
From the late Middle Ages until the mid-eighteenth century, guilds exerted substantial social contr...
In the centuries leading up to the Industrial Revolution, Western Europe gradually pulled ahead of o...
The history of the growth of a city in Western Europe, particularly the cities in the Benelux region...
The paper revisits the rationale for the emergence of merchant guilds within a competitive setting a...
Over the last few decades most guild studies in medieval history have successfully shifted towards a...
The aim of this thesis is to define the role of craft guilds in the emergence and extension of the m...
The recent literature on craft guilds in late medieval and early modern Europe no longer considers t...
Renaissance views on trade secrets, while illustrating shifts in mental attitudes, are also to be an...
We develop a theory of the emergence of merchant guilds as an efficient mechanism to foster cooperat...
One of the standard objections against guilds in the premodern world has been their exclusiveness. G...
One of the standard objections against citizenship systems and trade organizations in the premodern ...
We develop a theory of the emergence of merchant guilds as an efficient mechanism to foster cooperat...
For a long time guilds have been condemned as a major obstacle to economic progress in the pre-indus...
What factors affect the diffusion of new economic institutions? This paper examines this question ex...
From the late Middle Ages until the mid-eighteenth century, guilds exerted substantial social contr...
In the centuries leading up to the Industrial Revolution, Western Europe gradually pulled ahead of o...
The history of the growth of a city in Western Europe, particularly the cities in the Benelux region...
The paper revisits the rationale for the emergence of merchant guilds within a competitive setting a...
Over the last few decades most guild studies in medieval history have successfully shifted towards a...