dc.contributor.author
Börner, Lars
dc.contributor.author
Severgnini, Battista
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-08T08:14:19Z
dc.date.available
2011-08-12T13:52:18.625Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/19637
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/FUDOCS_document_000000011358
dc.description.abstract
This paper studies the spread of the Black Death as a proxy for the ow of
medieval trade between 1346 and 1351. The Black Death struck most areas of
Europe and the wider Mediter- ranean. Based on a modified version of the
gravity model, we estimate the speed (in kilometers per day) of transmission
of the disease between the transmitting and the receiving cities. We find that
the speed depends on distance, political borders, and on the political
importance of a city. Furthermore, variables related to the means of
transportation like rivers and the sea, religious seasons such as Lent and
Advent, and geographical position are of substantial significance. These
results are the first to enable us to identify and quantify key variables of
medieval trade ows based on an empirical trade model. These results shed new
light on many qualitative debates on the importance and causes of medieval
trade.
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urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudocsseries000000000315-0
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urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudocsseries000000000006-7
dc.rights.uri
http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/refubium/rechtliches/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject
Poisson regression
dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft::337 Weltwirtschaft
refubium.affiliation
Wirtschaftswissenschaft
de
refubium.affiliation.other
Volkswirtschaftslehre
refubium.mycore.fudocsId
FUDOCS_document_000000011358
refubium.series.issueNumber
2011,12 : Economics
refubium.series.name
Diskussionsbeiträge des Fachbereichs Wirtschaftswissenschaft der Freien Universität Berlin
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FUDOCS_derivate_000000001725
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
