Did Vasco da Gama matter for European markets?

Economic History Review

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 655-684

  O'Rourke, Kevin H ^a   Williamson, Jefferey G ^b,c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; COMMODITY PRICE; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXPLORATION; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INFLATION; MARKET SYSTEM; MONOPOLY; OLIGOPOLY; PRICE DYNAMICS; SPICE; TREND ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67651024929     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2009.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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