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Maritime Information Networks between Northern and Southern Europe during the Eighteenth century

  • Jari Ojala

International trade during the 18th century is a case in point through which to study in-depth the challenges of asymmetric information. The challenges can be divided into three categories: availability, reliability and usability of information. This article discusses the organization of trade and shipping between Northern and Southern Europe. The access, reliability and use of information were problems for merchant-shipowners during the 18th century. The solutions adopted were partly contradictory: the aim to reduce information asymmetry on one determinant, might incur costs on the other.

  • Keywords:
  • economic history,
  • commercial networks,
  • northern Europe,
  • Southern Europe,
  • 18th century,
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Jari Ojala

University of Jyvaskyla, Finland - ORCID: 0000-0002-4348-8857

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  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Pages: 183-194
  • Content License: CC BY 4.0
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Chapter Information

Chapter Title

Maritime Information Networks between Northern and Southern Europe during the Eighteenth century

Authors

Jari Ojala

Language

English

DOI

10.36253/978-88-6453-857-0.10

Peer Reviewed

Publication Year

2019

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© 2019 Author(s)

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CC BY 4.0

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CC0 1.0

Bibliographic Information

Book Title

Reti marittime come fattori dell’integrazione europea / Maritime Networks as a Factor in European Integration

Editors

Giampiero Nigro

Peer Reviewed

Number of Pages

592

Publication Year

2019

Copyright Information

© 2019 Author(s)

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CC BY 4.0

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CC0 1.0

Publisher Name

Firenze University Press

DOI

10.36253/978-88-6453-856-3

ISBN Print

978-88-6453-856-3

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978-88-6453-857-0

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978-88-9273-037-3

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Atti delle «Settimane di Studi» e altri Convegni

Series ISSN

2704-6354

Series E-ISSN

2704-5668

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