Staying afloat risk and uncertainty in Spanish Atlantic world trade, 1760-1820 /

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Autore principale: Baskes, Jeremy, 1961-
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013.
Serie:Social science history
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Sommario:
  • Introduction : risk and uncertainty
  • Staying informed : the risks of poor information in Atlantic world trade
  • The institutions of trade and the reduction of market risk : the convoy system
  • Comercio libre and the rise of commercial risk
  • The rising demand for credit and the escalation of risk in the post-1778 era
  • Trade in war and peace
  • Underwriting risk : the structure and organization of insurance partnerships in late eighteenth-century Cadiz
  • Insuring against risk : analysis of insurance policies and the perception of risk in Atlantic world trade
  • War and commercial crisis : the profitability of the Cadiz insurance industry in the 1790s
  • Conclusion : staying afloat.