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Toward an anthropometric history of Indians under British rule
Brennan, Lance - In: Research in economic history : an annual compilation of … (1997), pp. 185-246
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A new system of slavery : the export of Indian labour overseas 1830 - 1920
Tinker, Hugh - 1974
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Asymmetric information and adverse selection in Mauritian slave auctions
Dionne, Georges; St.-Amour, Pascal; Vencatachellum, Désiré - In: The review of economic studies 76 (2009) 4, pp. 1269-1295
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Information asymmetry in Mauritius slave auctions
Dionne, Georges; St.-Amour, Pascal; Vencatachellum, Désiré - 2007
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Asymmetric information and adverse selection in Mauritian slave auctions
Dionne, Georges; St.-Amour, Pascal; Vencatachellum, Désiré - 2008
Information asymmetry is a necessary prerequisite for testing adverse selection. This paper applies this sequence of tests to Mauritian slave auctions. Dynamic auction theory with private value highlights more aggressive bidding by uninformed bidders and higher prices when an informed...
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Slave prices from succession and bankruptcy sales in Mauritius, 1825-1827
Chenny, Shirley; St.-Amour, Pascal; Vencatachellum, Désiré - In: Explorations in economic history : EEH 40 (2003) 4, pp. 419-442
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Some account of the state of slavery at Mauritius : since the British occupation, in 1810
Telfair, Charles - 1830
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The economic impact of slaves and their descendants on the development of Mauritius
Moutou, Benjamin - 2016
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Adverse Selection in the Market for Slaves in Mauritius, 1825-1835
Dionne, Georges; St-Amour, Pascal; Vencatachellum, Desire - 2006
public slave auctions in Mauritius between 1825 and 1835, involving 4,286 slaves. In addition to slave characteristics, the … that this is the case, pointing toward presence of residual adverse selection in the market for slaves in Mauritius …
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