dc.contributor.author
Börner, Lars
dc.contributor.author
Quint, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-08T08:23:59Z
dc.date.available
2011-01-05T14:05:01.927Z
dc.identifier.isbn
978-3-941240-43-8
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/20008
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/FUDOCS_document_000000009086
dc.description.abstract
This paper studies the market microstructure of pre-industrial Europe. In
particu- lar we investigate the institution of the broker in markets and
fairs, and develop a unique data set of approximately 1100 sets of brokerage
rules in 42 merchant towns in Central and Western Europe from the late 13th to
the end of the 17th century. We show that towns implemented brokerage as an e¢
cient matchmaking institution in a two-sided market problem. Furthermore,
towns di¤erentiated seller-friendly from buyer-friendlier matching mechanisms.
We show that the decision to implement matchmaking mechanisms, and whether
these mechanisms would be buyer- or seller friendly, depends on the products
in question and the stated policy goals of the town, as well as time and
geographic variables.
de
dc.format.extent
54, [9] S.
dc.relation.ispartofseries
urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudocsseries000000000314-2
dc.relation.ispartofseries
urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudocsseries000000000006-7
dc.rights.uri
http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/refubium/rechtliches/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject
preindustrial markets
dc.subject
market microstructure
dc.subject
efficient matching
dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft::338 Produktion
dc.title
Medieval matching markets
refubium.affiliation
Wirtschaftswissenschaft
de
refubium.affiliation.other
Volkswirtschaftslehre
refubium.mycore.fudocsId
FUDOCS_document_000000009086
refubium.series.issueNumber
2010,31 : Economics
refubium.series.name
Diskussionsbeiträge des Fachbereichs Wirtschaftswissenschaft der Freien Universität Berlin
refubium.mycore.derivateId
FUDOCS_derivate_000000001564
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access