TY - BOOK ID - 172819 TI - Grain markets in Europe, 1500-1900 : integration and deregulation PY - 1999 VL - 7 SN - 0521650968 0521023882 0511117582 0511040458 0511149859 0511309880 0511496826 128016199X 0511052219 110711702X 9780511040450 9780521650960 9780511117589 9780511496820 9786610161997 6610161992 9780521023887 9780511149856 9780511309885 9780511052217 PB - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - History of Europe KW - anno 1500-1799 KW - anno 1800-1899 KW - Grain trade KW - Céréales KW - History KW - Government policy KW - Deregulation KW - Commerce KW - Histoire KW - Politique gouvernementale KW - Déréglementation KW - Europe KW - Grain trade. KW - Grain trade - Deregulation - Europe. KW - Business & Economics KW - Industries KW - -Grain trade KW - -Produce trade KW - -Government policy KW - Arts and Humanities KW - -Deregulation KW - -Grain trade. KW - Céréales KW - Déréglementation KW - Produce trade UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:172819 AB - In this 1999 book, Karl Gunnar Persson surveys a broad sweep of economic history, examining one of the most crucial markets - grain. His analysis allows him to draw more general lessons, for example that liberalization of markets was linked to political authoritarianism. Grain Markets in Europe traces the markets' early regulation, their poor performance and the frequent market failures. Price volatility caused by harvest shocks was of major concern for central and local government because of the unrest it caused. Regulation became obsolete when markets became more integrated and performed better through trade triggered by falling transport costs. Persson, a specialist in economic history, uses insights from development economics, explores contemporary economic thought on the advantages of free trade, and measures the extent of market integration using the latest econometric methods. Grain Markets in Europe will be of value to scholars and students in economic history, social history and agricultural and institutional economics. ER -