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International Trade and Institutional Change: Medieval Venice's Response to Globalization

Diego Puga; Daniel Trefler · Quarterly Journal of Economics 129(2), 753-821 (NBER Working Paper 18288, 2012) · 2014

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Article
Author
Diego Puga; Daniel Trefler
Identifier
DOI 10.1093/qje/qju006
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2026-09-01
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URL is the open NBER working-paper version (DOI 10.3386/w18288).

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TheoryPuga and Trefler argue that long-distance trade enriched a merchant class that constrained the doge (ending a de facto hereditary office in 1032 and creating the Great Council in 1172), but that after 1297 a few wealthy families made seats hereditary and restricted access to the most profitable trade, using data on 8,103 parliamentarians.