Lending to the Borrower from Hell: Debt and Default in the Age of Philip II

Economic Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 557, 2011, Pages 1205-1227

  Drelichman, Mauricio ^a   Voth, Hans Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; DEBT; INCENTIVE; LENDING BEHAVIOR; SOVEREIGNTY;

SPAIN;

EID: 83055194709     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02442.x     Document Type: Article

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