Money supply and the credit market in early modern economies : the case of eighteenth-century Lisbon

In this paper, we address the partial equilibrium functioning of the shortterm credit market in the Eighteenth-century Lisbon and its response to three major events: massive gold inflows from Brazil, a catastrophic destruction of capital caused by the 1755 earthquake and the enactment of a 5% legal...

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Main Author: Costa, Leonor Freire (author)
Other Authors: Rocha, M. Manuela (author), Brito, Paulo (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/7204
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/7204