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Money and Prices in the Early Roman Empire


David Kessler


Harvard University

Peter Temin


Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
April 14, 2005

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 05-11

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We examine monetization in the early Roman Empire by considering money as a unit of account. Widespread use of prices indicates widespread monetization. A consistent set of prices for wheat indicates that this monetization encouraged trade to grow across the Mediterranean. This argument is documented with a statistical test, preceded by a non-technical introduction and followed by consideration of a range of possible objections.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 34

Keywords: money, monetization, international trade, regression analysis, early Roman Empire

JEL Classification: N13, F14, C10

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Date posted: April 20, 2005  

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Kessler, David and Temin, Peter , Money and Prices in the Early Roman Empire (April 14, 2005). MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 05-11. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=704724 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.704724

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