License to till: The privileges of the Spanish Mesta as a case of second-best institutions

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 220-240

  Drelichman, Mauricio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early modern Castile; Medieval legal systems; Mesta; Second best institutions; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549123013     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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