Priceless markets : the political economy of credit in Paris, 1660-1870
AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Institutions of Credit Markets2. From Notarial Archives to Credit3. Stagnation and Decline, 1660-17154. The Crisis of Public Finance and the Law Affair, 1712-265. An Explosion of Private Borrowing, 1726-896. Overcoming Asymetric Information in Financial Markets7. Notaries, Banking, and the Expansion of Credit in Old-Regime Paris8. Micro-Economics and Macro-Politics: Credit and Inflation during the French Revolution9. The Long-Term Financial Consequences of the Revolution10. Institutions and Information after the Revolution11. The Rise of the Credit FoncierConclusionAppendixesArchival SourcesBibliographyIndex
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