Cover -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- CHAPTER 2 The Missing Geography of Capital Markets -- CHAPTER 3 Conceptualizing Regional Financial Markets...

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 study reveals that princes were usually only able to commit to issuing a...