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This paper provides a new interpretation of the early rise of rating agencies in the United States (initially known as Mercantile Agencies). We explain this American exceptionality through an inductive approach that revisits the conventional parallel with the UK. In contrast with earlier...
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. Ranging from the Middle Ages to the present, The Information Nexus reveals that the truly distinctive feature of capitalism is … business's drive to acquire and analyze information, supported by governments that allow unfettered access to public data. This … new interpretation of capitalism helps to explain the rise of the West, puts our current information age into historical …
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Introduction: Silks, A Global Perspective -- Part I: Exchanges, Markets And Trade -- 1. The Golden Age Of Valencian Silk? Rise, Crisis And Productive Reconversion Of The Valencian Silk Industry (18th-19th Centuries) -- 2. Auctions And The Distribution Of Silks In The United Provinces In The 18th...
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genesis in the Gilded Age. Focusing on the crucial role of imperfect and asymmetric information in the operation of …Intro -- Inside the Business Enterprise Historical Perspectives on the Use of Information -- Contents -- Introduction … -- 1. Business History and Recent Economic Theory: Imperfect Information, Incentives, and the Internal Organization of …
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