Fiscal crisis and institutional change in the Ottoman Empire and France

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 809-845

  Balla, Eliana ^a   Johnson, Noel D ^b  

^a Baltimore Office   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC HISTORY; FISCAL REFORM; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; OTTOMAN EMPIRE; PROPERTY RIGHTS; TAX SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70450228502     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050709001132     Document Type: Article

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