Browsing by Author "Volckart, Oliver"

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2007-02-08Buch

Rules, Discretion or Reputation?

Monetary Policies and the Efficiency of Financial Markets in Germany, 14th to 16th Centuries

Volckart, Oliver

This paper examines the questions of whether and how feudal rulers were able to credibly commit to preserving monetary stability, and of which consequences their decisions had for the efficiency of financial markets. The ...
2006-06-22Buch

The Influence of Information Costs on the Integration of Financial Markets

Northern Europe, 1350-1560

Volckart, Oliver

In this paper, the influence of information costs on the integration of Northern European financial markets between ca. 1350 and 1560 is explored. The approach is based on splitting information costs into their constitutive ...