Markets and famines in pre-industrial Europe

How markets perform during famines has long been a contentious issue. Recent research tends to associate famine with market segmentation and hoarding. Evidence based on an analysis of the spatial and temporal patterns of food-price movements during four famines in pre-industrial Europe indicates that markets functioned "normally" in times of crisis.

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Gráda, Cormac Ó
Institutions:	School of Economics, University College Dublin
Subject:	Famines-Europe-History \| Food-Marketing-History \| Food prices-Europe-History

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Open Access publications.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in: Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 36(2) 2005 24 pages
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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