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Markets and famines in pre-industrial Europe
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Date Issued
2005
Date Available
2008-08-07T15:55:23Z
Abstract
How markets perform during famines has long been a contentious issue. Recent research tends to associate famine with market segmentation and hoarding. Evidence based on an analysis of the spatial and temporal patterns of food-price movements during four famines in pre-industrial Europe indicates that markets functioned "normally" in times of crisis.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press
Journal
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Volume
36
Issue
2
Start Page
143
End Page
166
Copyright (Published Version)
Copyright by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Inc.
Subject – LCSH
Famines--Europe--History
Food--Marketing--History
Food prices--Europe--History
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0022-1953
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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