Commerce in Pre-Industrial Europe: An Introduction

Kohn, Meir

doi:10.2139/ssrn.427742

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Commerce in Pre-Industrial Europe: An Introduction

30 Pages Posted: 4 Aug 2003

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Meir Kohn

Dartmouth College - Department of Economics

Date Written: July 2003

Abstract

Economic growth in pre-industrial Europe was driven by the expansion of the market. The "market" was a complex commercial structure made up of merchant firms, merchant associations, and organized markets. This paper provides an overview of the pre-industrial commercial structure, of how it functioned, and of how it evolved.

JEL Classification: N13, D23, L14, L81, O12

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Kohn, Meir G., Commerce in Pre-Industrial Europe: An Introduction (July 2003). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=427742 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.427742