Institutions, the Rise of Commerce and the Persistence of Laws: Interest Restrictions in Islam and Christianity

Economic Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 557, 2011, Pages 1310-1339

  Rubin, Jared ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; ISLAMISM; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

MIDDLE EAST; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 83055181484     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02456.x     Document Type: Article

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