TY - BOOK AU - Ogilvie,Sheilagh C. TI - Institutions and European Trade: Merchant Guilds, 1000-1800 SN - 0521747929 AV - HF 3495 O34i 2011 U1 - 382.094 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Europe KW - Commerce KW - History KW - Merchants KW - Europa KW - Comercio KW - Historia KW - Comerciantes N1 - 1. Merchant guilds, efficiency, and social capital -- 2. What was a merchant guild? -- 3. Local merchant guilds -- 4. Alien merchant guilds and companies -- 5. Merchant guilds and rulers -- 6. Commercial security -- 7. Contract enforcement -- 8. Principal-agent problems -- 9. Information -- 10. Price volatility -- 11. Institutions, social capital and economic development ER -